John Barrs
March 26th, 2009, 06:17 PM
This was an exciting round for me at least, dealt and sent defs in UK and
harvested votes in USA - evebtulally persuaded my computer to connect
Chuck Emery scored 6 and (as he anticipated) is our next dealer The real
winners are Mike Shefler and Judy Madnick with 5 points each
Each dictionary I saw made the point that my word has been used for varying
unconnected meanings. I came across it in William Cowper - asking for
toothbrushes, two of which should be with hooked bristles for scurryfunging.
The one I chose (#19) earned a D3 and was in OED but my favourite was
"(Maine colloquialism?) a hasty tidying of the house between the time you
see a neighbor coming and the time she knocks on the door" from "Obscure
Words" © 2008 by Michael A. Fischer
JohnnyB (using DIXOBASE)
1. [Obs.] pumice
Voted for by Hart [From Tim Lodge who voted for 4 and 12] and scores [1 + 0]
= 1
2. Grime or squalor
Voted for by Emery, Schultz [From Chris Carson who voted for 4 and 20] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
3. parasitism upon several hosts
Voted for by nobody [From Russ Heimerson who voted for 14 and 19*] and
scores [0 + 2] = 2*
4. to remove unwanted details by blurring
Voted for by Carson, Lodge, Stevens, Widdis, Kornelis, van Gans [From Chuck
Emery who voted for 2 and 5] and scores [6 + 0] = 6
5. nonsense; confused mixture of unrelated things
Voted for by Cunningham, Bourne, Emery, Keating, Stevens [From Judy Madnick
who did not vote ] and scores [5 + 0] = 5
6. a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
Voted for by nobody [From Dan Widdis who voted for 4 and 11] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
7. a form of canine mange chiefly affecting curly-haired breeds
Voted for by Kornelis [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 2 and 20] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
8. A variety of jellyfish found along shallow water off the eastern coast
of South America
Voted for by nobody [From Scott Crom who did not vote ] and scores [0 + 0] =
9. a: sheep dip (vermin removing bath, the liquid used therein), hence b:
bad alcoholic drink
Voted for by nobody [From Marijke van Gans who voted for 4 and 13] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
10. an edible mushroom, having usually a bright yellow cap covered with
irregular red spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper
ring on the stalk, and yellow spores
Voted for by Abell, Shepherdson [From Hugo Kornelis who voted for 4 and 7]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
11. a minor character in several works of Albert Camus, usually providing an
absurdist counterfoil to the main character[s]; hence - nonsense
Voted for by Bourne, Widdis, Weltz [From Mike Shefler who voted for 16 and
19*] and scores [3 + 2] = 5*
12. a white fungus, curled at the top into a shape resembling the bowl of a
pipe, hence its common name of "Indian pipes"
Voted for by Lodge, Shepherdson [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 4 and 5]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
13. a disease of evergreen trees commonly occurring in northern England and
Scotland
Voted for by van Gans [From Tony Abell who voted for 10 and 19*] and scores
[1 + 2] = 3*
14. [Obs.] a rough cleaning utensil used for scouring metal and other hard
surfaces
Voted for by Heimerson [From Dick Weltz who voted for 11 and 17] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
15. the field vole (Microtus agrestis), local name S England
Voted for by Cunningham [From Tim Bourne who voted for 5 and 11] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
16. [Scots] a pejorative name for a person from Carlisle
Voted for by Shefler [From Dave Cunningham who voted for 5 and 15] and
scores [1 + 0] = 1
17. a thief, esp. one who steals food
Voted for by Keating, Weltz [From Toni Savage who did not vote ] and scores
[2 + 0] = 2
18. a cosmetic for hiding wrinkles
Voted for by nobody [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 10 and 12] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
19. to wriggle about
Voted for by Abell, Shefler, Heimerson [From OED (Compact Ed 1972) who voted
for 11 and 020] and scores [3 + 0] = D3
20. genital lice
Voted for by Carson, Schultz, Hart [From Paul Keating who voted for 5 and
17] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
##. -- No Def Submitted --
[From Jim Hart who voted for 1 and 20] and scores [0 + 0] = 0
Internal Virus Database is out of date.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.18/2009 - Release Date: 03/18/09
07:17:00
harvested votes in USA - evebtulally persuaded my computer to connect
Chuck Emery scored 6 and (as he anticipated) is our next dealer The real
winners are Mike Shefler and Judy Madnick with 5 points each
Each dictionary I saw made the point that my word has been used for varying
unconnected meanings. I came across it in William Cowper - asking for
toothbrushes, two of which should be with hooked bristles for scurryfunging.
The one I chose (#19) earned a D3 and was in OED but my favourite was
"(Maine colloquialism?) a hasty tidying of the house between the time you
see a neighbor coming and the time she knocks on the door" from "Obscure
Words" © 2008 by Michael A. Fischer
JohnnyB (using DIXOBASE)
1. [Obs.] pumice
Voted for by Hart [From Tim Lodge who voted for 4 and 12] and scores [1 + 0]
= 1
2. Grime or squalor
Voted for by Emery, Schultz [From Chris Carson who voted for 4 and 20] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
3. parasitism upon several hosts
Voted for by nobody [From Russ Heimerson who voted for 14 and 19*] and
scores [0 + 2] = 2*
4. to remove unwanted details by blurring
Voted for by Carson, Lodge, Stevens, Widdis, Kornelis, van Gans [From Chuck
Emery who voted for 2 and 5] and scores [6 + 0] = 6
5. nonsense; confused mixture of unrelated things
Voted for by Cunningham, Bourne, Emery, Keating, Stevens [From Judy Madnick
who did not vote ] and scores [5 + 0] = 5
6. a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
Voted for by nobody [From Dan Widdis who voted for 4 and 11] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
7. a form of canine mange chiefly affecting curly-haired breeds
Voted for by Kornelis [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 2 and 20] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
8. A variety of jellyfish found along shallow water off the eastern coast
of South America
Voted for by nobody [From Scott Crom who did not vote ] and scores [0 + 0] =
9. a: sheep dip (vermin removing bath, the liquid used therein), hence b:
bad alcoholic drink
Voted for by nobody [From Marijke van Gans who voted for 4 and 13] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
10. an edible mushroom, having usually a bright yellow cap covered with
irregular red spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper
ring on the stalk, and yellow spores
Voted for by Abell, Shepherdson [From Hugo Kornelis who voted for 4 and 7]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
11. a minor character in several works of Albert Camus, usually providing an
absurdist counterfoil to the main character[s]; hence - nonsense
Voted for by Bourne, Widdis, Weltz [From Mike Shefler who voted for 16 and
19*] and scores [3 + 2] = 5*
12. a white fungus, curled at the top into a shape resembling the bowl of a
pipe, hence its common name of "Indian pipes"
Voted for by Lodge, Shepherdson [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 4 and 5]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
13. a disease of evergreen trees commonly occurring in northern England and
Scotland
Voted for by van Gans [From Tony Abell who voted for 10 and 19*] and scores
[1 + 2] = 3*
14. [Obs.] a rough cleaning utensil used for scouring metal and other hard
surfaces
Voted for by Heimerson [From Dick Weltz who voted for 11 and 17] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
15. the field vole (Microtus agrestis), local name S England
Voted for by Cunningham [From Tim Bourne who voted for 5 and 11] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
16. [Scots] a pejorative name for a person from Carlisle
Voted for by Shefler [From Dave Cunningham who voted for 5 and 15] and
scores [1 + 0] = 1
17. a thief, esp. one who steals food
Voted for by Keating, Weltz [From Toni Savage who did not vote ] and scores
[2 + 0] = 2
18. a cosmetic for hiding wrinkles
Voted for by nobody [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 10 and 12] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
19. to wriggle about
Voted for by Abell, Shefler, Heimerson [From OED (Compact Ed 1972) who voted
for 11 and 020] and scores [3 + 0] = D3
20. genital lice
Voted for by Carson, Schultz, Hart [From Paul Keating who voted for 5 and
17] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
##. -- No Def Submitted --
[From Jim Hart who voted for 1 and 20] and scores [0 + 0] = 0
Internal Virus Database is out of date.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.18/2009 - Release Date: 03/18/09
07:17:00