[Dixonary] Round 1995 WHIRLICOTE new word

[Chuck]

The word for round 1995 is

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Capitalization is not significant.

Please submit your fake definitions for this word, by
_email_, on or before the deadline, which is 8:00 AM EDT on
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, or 5:00 AM PDT .

Please include either [Dixonary] or WHIRLICOTE in your Subject.

[Guerri Stevens]

In the Bill Hirst tradition:

a carousel for doves

-- Guerri (n.a.d.)

Chuck wrote:
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> The word for round 1995 is
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> WHIRLICOTE

[Jim Hart]

Guerri - Your carousel sounds reasonable, even plausible, so I would
vote for it, nad notwithstanding/

jim

[Chuck]

So far, 10 definitions have been received, from the following
players:

Barrs, Bourne, Cunningham, Keating, Lodge, Madnick,
Shefler, Shepherdson, Stevens and Widdis.

The word, in case you missed the initial posting, is
WHIRLICOTE. You still have 23 hours to submit your fake
definitions for this word, (which you should of course send
me by _email_). The deadline for definitions is

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:00 AM EDT.

[Dave Cunningham]

A cross between Roadrunner's nemesis and Taz.

Dave



On Apr 13, 2:53*pm, Chuck <ch... (AT) tdi (DOT) ca> wrote:
> The word for round 1995 is
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> *********************
> *********************** * WHIRLICOTE
> *********************
> *******************
> *****************
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> Capitalization is not significant.
>
> Please submit your fake definitions for this word, by
> _email_, on or before the deadline, which is 8:00 AM EDT on
> Wednesday, April 15, 2009, or 5:00 AM PDT .
>
> Please include either [Dixonary] or WHIRLICOTE in your Subject.

[Chuck]

There are a total of 19 definitions for WHIRLICOTE. Please
vote for two, by public reply to this message, before the
deadline, which is 8:00 PM EDT on Thursday, April 16, 2009,
or 5:00 PM PDT .

1. Embossed decoration or fluting on silverware.

2. A kaleidoscope.

3. A channel for floating away mine tailings and refuse.

4. A front-fastening jacket worn over the doublet.

5. Joseph's coat of many colors. [Wycliffe Bible 1382]

6. A kind of powered paint sprayer employing an interior
rotor. [1947; formerly a trademark]

7. The property of spinning in a clockwise direction.

8. A place of confusion.

9. Direction according to the points of the compass.

10. A dragonfly.

11. Any plant seed that is distributed by wind.

12. A cross between Roadrunner's nemesis and Taz.

13. A drab, gray bird of New Zealand known for nesting esp.
in underpasses and tunnels.

14. A building used to rear pigeons for the table.

15. The seed of the maple tree.

16. A sort of merry-go-round.

17. Upper Midwestern term for a maple seed.

18. A coach, carriage.

19. [Obs.] A kestrel.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 8 and 10.

Guerri

Chuck wrote:
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> 8. A place of confusion.
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> 10. A dragonfly.

[Dave Cunningham]

2 and 19 -- you posted my fake def which was public, but my real def
appears lost.


Dave

On Apr 15, 8:16*am, Chuck <ch... (AT) tdi (DOT) ca> wrote:
> There are a total of 19 definitions for WHIRLICOTE. Please
> vote for two, by public reply to this message, before the
> deadline, which is 8:00 PM EDT on Thursday, April 16, 2009,
> or 5:00 PM PDT .
>
> *1. Embossed decoration or fluting on silverware.
>
> *2. A kaleidoscope.
>
> *3. A channel for floating away mine tailings and refuse.
>
> *4. A front-fastening jacket worn over the doublet.
>
> *5. Joseph's coat of many colors. [Wycliffe Bible 1382]
>
> *6. A kind of powered paint sprayer employing an interior
> * * rotor. [1947; formerly a trademark]
>
> *7. The property of spinning in a clockwise direction.
>
> *8. A place of confusion.
>
> *9. Direction according to the points of the compass.
>
> 10. A dragonfly.
>
> 11. Any plant seed that is distributed by wind.
>
> 12. A cross between Roadrunner's nemesis and Taz.
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> 13. A drab, gray bird of New Zealand known for nesting esp.
> * * in underpasses and tunnels.
>
> 14. A building used to rear pigeons for the table.
>
> 15. The seed of the maple tree.
>
> 16. A sort of merry-go-round.
>
> 17. Upper Midwestern term for a maple seed.
>
> 18. A coach, carriage.
>
> 19. [Obs.] A kestrel.

[Christopher Carson]

Hmmm ... a lot of windblown seeds there. I'll go for 11 and 15, although
that's probably too obvious.

Chris

[France International]

I think 8 is appropriate and I'll also pick 19.

[Tim B]

Let's have 15 and 17, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Tim Lodge]

Chuck

Trying to work out which of these defs is true makes my head emulate
number 7. I'll make my escape in number 18.

7 and 18 please.

-- Tim L

[Jim Hart]

I'll vote for the improbable 1 and 6

I considered 13 as I'm going to NZ tomorrow but don't plan to spend
much time looking for drab grey things in tunnels. I'll be offline for
about the next 10 days but fortunately there appears to be no danger
that I'll be expected to deal the next round.

Jim

[Daniel B. Widdis]

It's 2. No, it's 5. No wait, 7. Or 11, perhaps.

So, let me arbitrarily pick primes.

Oops. That didn't work. How about Fibonacci numbers?

2 and 5, please.

--
Dan

[Tony Abell]

I'll take one of the the maple seeds and the falcon: 15 and 19.

> 15. The seed of the maple tree.

> 19. [Obs.] A kestrel.

[Paul Keating]

Vox pop: 2 and 19.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take the unlikely fauna: 10 and 13.

Nancy

[Russ Heimerson]

Just to prove I read them all, I'll go for #18 and #19, please.

Russ

[Chuck]

The winner of round 1995 is Tim Lodge, whose definition
"[Obs.] A kestrel." received 6 votes, plus 2 points for
guessing the correct def.

Paul Keating takes coveted second place with 4 points. And
there were 4 players in runner-up position with 3 points:
Jim Hart, Mike Shefler, Russ Heimerson and Dodi Schultz.

Dave Cunningham was awarded 2 dealer points as the dealer
posted a def which was also spotted in the wild, rather than
the covert one.

The true definition was 18: "A coach, carriage." (Oxford
English Dictionary, Online TPL, Second Edition 1989), which
3 perceptive players guessed.

1. Embossed decoration or fluting on silverware.
Vote from: Hart
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.

2. A kaleidoscope.
Votes from: Keating, Savage, Widdis, Cunningham, Crom

Submitted by: Keating, who scores natural 4.

3. A channel for floating away mine tailings and refuse.
No votes
Submitted by: Widdis.

4. A front-fastening jacket worn over the doublet.
Vote from: Madnick
Submitted by: Heimerson, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

5. Joseph's coat of many colors. [Wycliffe Bible 1382]
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Barrs (DQ), who scores natural 1.

6. A kind of powered paint sprayer employing an interior
rotor. [1947; formerly a trademark]
Vote from: Hart
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

7. The property of spinning in a clockwise direction.
Vote from: Lodge
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores natural 1.

8. A place of confusion.
Votes from: Stevens, Shefler
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 2.

9. Direction according to the points of the compass.
No votes
Submitted by: Shepherdson.

10. A dragonfly.
Votes from: Savage, Shepherdson, Stevens
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 3.

11. Any plant seed that is distributed by wind.
Vote from: Carson
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.

12. A cross between Roadrunner's nemesis and Taz.
No votes
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 0, plus 2
dealer points, total 2.

13. A drab, gray bird of New Zealand known for nesting esp.
in underpasses and tunnels.
Votes from: Shepherdson, Madnick
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 2.

14. A building used to rear pigeons for the table.
Vote from: Schultz
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 1.

15. The seed of the maple tree.
Votes from: Bourne, Carson, Abell
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 3.

16. A sort of merry-go-round.
No votes
Submitted by: Savage.

17. Upper Midwestern term for a maple seed.
Vote from: Bourne
Submitted by: Crom, who scores natural 1.

18. A coach, carriage.
Votes from: Schultz, Heimerson, Lodge
Real definition from Oxford English Dictionary, Online
TPL, Second Edition 1989

19. [Obs.] A kestrel.
Votes from: Heimerson, Keating, Shefler, Abell,
Cunningham, Crom
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores 6 + 2, total 8.

Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
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Lodge 19 7 & 18 6 2 8
Keating 2 2 & 19 4 0 4
Hart 10 1 & 6 3 0 3
Shefler 15 8 & 19 3 0 3
Heimerson 4 18 & 19 1 2 3
Schultz 6 14 & 18 1 2 3
Abell 13 15 & 19 2 0 2
Carson 8 11 & 15 2 0 2
Cunningham 12 2 & 19 0 2 2
Barrs 5 DQ 1 0 1
Bourne 14 15 & 17 1 0 1
Crom 17 2 & 19 1 0 1
Madnick 1 4 & 13 1 0 1
Stevens 11 8 & 10 1 0 1
Weltz 7 N/V 1 0 1
Savage 16 2 & 10 0 0
Shepherdson 9 10 & 13 0 0
Widdis 3 2 & 5 0 0