[Dixonary] Round 2013: earsh - Final Posting

[Christopher Carson]

Well, I managed to survive the round with only minimal hassle thanks to frequent tips from Paul.

The winner of round 2013 is Dave Cunningham, whose definition "_Obs. Dial._ Soft, usu. in "harsh and earsh" (hard and soft). (Cornwall)" earned a natural 7 . That said, Dave contacted me to advise that he's if going off a-cruising this weekend and so would be unavailable to deal without a week's wait.

Therefore, it looks like the deal will fall to Russ Heimerson who is sitting in second place with 4 points, assuming that he agrees to take over Dave's deal and perhaps accept an IOU from Dave.

There were 5 players who are now in the enviable "real winner" slot as runners-up position with 3 points: John Barrs, Scott Crom, Hugo Kornelis, Mike Shefler
and Nancy Shepherdson.

The true definition was 15: "A stubble field." (OED 2nd Edition), which no-one guessed. There was one DQ, the accustomed "BQ" from Johnny Barrs who recognized the Anglo-Saxon derivation.

1. Any of several tropical varieties of Brassica oleracea
(Acephala Group); also known as Polynesian cabbage.
No votes
Submitted by: Hart.

2. [Gael.] An area of marshy bog.
Votes from: Hart, Abell
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores natural 2.

3. _Obs. Dial._ Soft, usu. in "harsh and earsh" (hard and
soft). (Cornwall)
Votes from: Heimerson, Widdis, Shepherdson, Shefler,
Lodge, Weltz, Morgan
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 7.

4. An Icelandic tribunal convened to settle property
disputes.
Votes from: Emery, Hart, Stevens
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 3.

5. _Obs._ Loyal, faithful.
Votes from: Schultz, Cunningham
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 2.

6. Marijuana-like drug smoked in North Africa.
No votes
Submitted by: Madnick.

7. Mishearing or misapprehension of spoken sounds.
Votes from: Heimerson, Madnick, Kornelis
Submitted by: Crom, who scores natural 3.

8. A mistranslation.
Votes from: Madnick, Kornelis, Crom
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 3.

9. [Dial.] Of weather, characterized by unusually strong
winds.
Vote from: Morgan
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.

10. [Scots] 1. Humourous 2. A parody
No votes
Submitted by: Abell.

11. Savage fierceness; ferocity (arch).
No votes
Submitted by: Morgan.

12. [Irish Sl.] Best.
Votes from: Widdis, Shepherdson, Weltz
Submitted by: Kornelis, who scores natural 3.

13. A small hill.
Votes from: Schultz, Stevens, Cunningham, Lodge
Submitted by: Heimerson, who scores natural 4.

14. A small rodent of southern Asia.
No votes
Submitted by: Savage.

15. A stubble field.
No votes
Real definition from OED 2nd Edition

16. To imply or suggest.
Vote from: Savage
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.

17. To produce a document hurriedly.
Vote from: Savage
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.

18. A tweed [see _Harris_].
Votes from: Emery, Shefler, Abell
Submitted by: Barrs (DQ), who scores natural 3.

19. A wax formed on the shells of certain beetles.
Vote from: Crom
Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 1.

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

[Hugo Kornelis]

Congratulations on a well-deserved DQ, Chris!

By the way, I think I should thank you for the 3 points I received. The
definition I submitted to you was:

[sl.] Irish

Somehow (probably because Corypahaes strips line endings), you misunderstood
my intention, ending up putting the "Irish" in the brackets and using the
first wordt of my standard end-of-message greeting as the def. Since my defs
usually attract less than 3 votes, I can only assume that this made it a
better definition than what I originally had in mind...

Best, Hugo

[Christopher Carson]

Hugo,

Thanks for the congrats.

<LOL> That is a chuckle about your def. I just went back and checked your
message as Cory interpreted it and it was as you submitted it. All I can
surmise is that when I looked at it, my mind made a connection that wasn't
there and I edited it as it finally appeared. I'm glad it worked out for
the best though.

Chris
Ex-Dealer

[Guerri Stevens]

Congratulations on the D0!

Guerri

[Dodi Schultz]

Chris, congratulations on the D0!

An interesting word. I don't have OED access, but I traced it (after
I'd voted, of course) through Merriam-Webster, and what's fascinating
is that the meaning changed radically. Up through the 1864 M-W, it
meant a plowed field (and even then, it was tagged as obsolete). But
by the 1913 edition, it had become, as you have it, a field of
stubble. (Not sure when the change occurred, exactly, since I don't
have minor editions from the period between those two.)

--Dodi

[collect]

7 islands in 7 days -- one of those cruises <g>. My first two tries
did not have "Cornwall" in them -- I wonder if that was the key? See
you all next Monday!


Dave

On Jun 19, 9:10*am, "Christopher Carson" <clcar... (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
> Well, I managed to survive the round with only minimal hassle thanks to frequent tips from Paul.
>
> The winner of round 2013 is Dave Cunningham, whose definition "_Obs. Dial._ Soft, usu. in "harsh and earsh" (hard and soft). (Cornwall)" earned a natural 7 . *That said, Dave contacted me to advise that he's if going off a-cruising this weekend and so would be unavailable to deal without a week's wait.
>
> Therefore, it looks like the deal will fall to Russ Heimerson who is sitting in second place with 4 points, assuming that he agrees to take over Dave's deal and perhaps accept an IOU from Dave.
>
> There were 5 players who are now in the enviable "real winner" slot as runners-up position with 3 points: John Barrs, Scott Crom, Hugo Kornelis, Mike Shefler
> and Nancy Shepherdson.
>
> The true definition was 15: "A stubble field." (OED 2nd Edition), which no-one guessed. *There was one DQ, the accustomed "BQ" from Johnny Barrs who recognized the Anglo-Saxon derivation.
>
> *1. Any of several tropical varieties of Brassica oleracea
> * * (Acephala Group); also known as Polynesian cabbage.
> * * No votes
> * * Submitted by: Hart.
>
> *2. [Gael.] An area of marshy bog.
> * * Votes from: * Hart, Abell
> * * Submitted by: Weltz, who scores natural 2.
>
> *3. _Obs. Dial._ Soft, usu. in "harsh and earsh" (hard and
> * * soft). (Cornwall)
> * * Votes from: * Heimerson, Widdis, Shepherdson, Shefler,
> * * * * * * * * * Lodge, Weltz, Morgan
> * * Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 7.
>
> *4. An Icelandic tribunal convened to settle property
> * * disputes.
> * * Votes from: * Emery, Hart, Stevens
> * * Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 3.
>
> *5. _Obs._ Loyal, faithful.
> * * Votes from: * Schultz, Cunningham
> * * Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 2.
>
> *6. Marijuana-like drug smoked in North Africa.
> * * No votes
> * * Submitted by: Madnick.
>
> *7. Mishearing or misapprehension of spoken sounds.
> * * Votes from: * Heimerson, Madnick, Kornelis
> * * Submitted by: Crom, who scores natural 3.
>
> *8. A mistranslation.
> * * Votes from: * Madnick, Kornelis, Crom
> * * Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 3.
>
> *9. [Dial.] Of weather, characterized by unusually strong
> * * winds.
> * * Vote from: * *Morgan
> * * Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.
>
> 10. [Scots] 1. Humourous 2. A parody
> * * No votes
> * * Submitted by: Abell.
>
> 11. Savage fierceness; ferocity (arch).
> * * No votes
> * * Submitted by: Morgan.
>
> 12. [Irish Sl.] Best.
> * * Votes from: * Widdis, Shepherdson, Weltz
> * * Submitted by: Kornelis, who scores natural 3.
>
> 13. A small hill.
> * * Votes from: * Schultz, Stevens, Cunningham, Lodge
> * * Submitted by: Heimerson, who scores natural 4.
>
> 14. A small rodent of southern Asia.
> * * No votes
> * * Submitted by: Savage.
>
> 15. A stubble field.
> * * No votes
> * * Real definition from OED 2nd Edition
>
> 16. To imply or suggest.
> * * Vote from: * *Savage
> * * Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.
>
> 17. To produce a document hurriedly.
> * * Vote from: * *Savage
> * * Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.
>
> 18. A tweed [see _Harris_].
> * * Votes from: * Emery, Shefler, Abell
> * * Submitted by: Barrs (DQ), who scores natural 3.
>
> 19. A wax formed on the shells of certain beetles.
> * * Vote from: * *Crom
> * * Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 1.
>
> * * Player * * * * Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
> * * ------ * * * * --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
> * * Cunningham * * * 3 * *5 & 13 * * 7 * * 0 * * * *7
> * * Heimerson * * * 13 * *3 & 7 * * *4 * * 0 * * * *4
> * * Barrs * * * * * 18 * * *DQ * * * 3 * * 0 * * * *3
> * * Crom * * * * * * 7 * *8 & 19 * * 3 * * 0 * * * *3
> * * Kornelis * * * *12 * *7 & 8 * * *3 * * 0 * * * *3
> * * Shefler * * * * *4 * *3 & 18 * * 3 * * 0 * * * *3
> * * Shepherdson * * *8 * *3 & 12 * * 3 * * 0 * * * *3
> * * Lodge * * * * * *5 * *3 & 13 * * 2 * * 0 * * * *2
> * * Weltz * * * * * *2 * *3 & 12 * * 2 * * 0 * * * *2
> * * Emery * * * * * 19 * *4 & 18 * * 1 * * 0 * * * *1
> * * Schultz * * * * *9 * *5 & 13 * * 1 * * 0 * * * *1
> * * Stevens * * * * 16 * *4 & 13 * * 1 * * 0 * * * *1
> * * Widdis * * * * *17 * *3 & 12 * * 1 * * 0 * * * *1
> * * Abell * * * * * 10 * *2 & 18 * * * * * 0 * * * *0
> * * Hart * * * * * * 1 * *2 & 4 * * * * * *0 * * * *0
> * * Madnick * * * * *6 * *7 & 8 * * * * * *0 * * * *0
> * * Morgan * * * * *11 * *3 & 9 * * * * * *0 * * * *0
> * * Savage * * * * *14 * 16 & 17 * * * * * 0 * * * *0

[Tim Lodge]

Chris

Congrats on the D0!

-- Tim L

[John Barrs]

Dodi

when I sent my def "I am probably DQ" as follows :

>- meanwhile I can make a deduction (based on knowledge of AngloSaxon erse)
that it means either a pasture field or a ploughed field - if such appears I
will DQ

Interesting that it should change 1864 to 1913 - This is my DQ message
subsequent to the defs:

>I confirm my DQ re #15 - funnily enough I came across it again quite by
accident this morning when researching something on quail = earsh probably
comes from a translation derived from 'eddische-hen' - earth-hens - birds
of the stubble; like quail

JohnnyB



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>
>
>
> Chris, congratulations on the D0!
>
> An interesting word. I don't have OED access, but I traced it
> (after I'd voted, of course) through Merriam-Webster, and
> what's fascinating is that the meaning changed radically. Up
> through the 1864 M-W, it meant a plowed field (and even then,
> it was tagged as obsolete). But by the 1913 edition, it had
> become, as you have it, a field of stubble. (Not sure when
> the change occurred, exactly, since I don't have minor
> editions from the period between those two.)
>
> --Dodi
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