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Toni Savage
July 23rd, 2009, 08:36 AM
WOW! A D0 on your rookie deal!

VERY Good!


-- Toni Savage


--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Millie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Millie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2023 MUSCARDINE Results
> To: "Dixionary (group)" <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 7:11 AM
>
> In Round 2023, Jim Hart and Mike Shefler tied for top spot
> with 4 natural
> points each, followed by Nancy Shepherdson and Russ
> Heimerson who each scored 3.
>
> I'm afraid declaring the next Dealer is a bit beyond me,
> so I will throw it open to all you wiser ones out there.
> Please could "somebody" announce the Dealer for 2024?
>
>
> The true definition of MUSCARDINE was No. 5
> "a fungal disease which is very destructive to silkworms"
> from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary,
> published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.
>
> Millie
>
>
>
>
> * MUSCARDINE *
>
> 1.* a sturdy, tightly woven, grey woollen fabric, used
> generally for
> ***overcoats and other cold-weather
> garments
> ***Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Scott Crom
> ***FROM: Dodi Schultz, who voted for 13 and
> 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
>
>
> 2.* having a fishy odor
> ***Voted for by: Mike Shefler
> ***FROM: Guerri Stevens, who voted for 10
> and 15, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
>
> 3.* Muscardinue: horticultural name for the red
> grape-hyacinth
> ***[muscari cardinalis]
> ***Voted for by: nobody
> ***FROM: JohnnyB, DQ so did not vote, and
> scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
>
> 4. pertaining to the hair colour of mice; brownish-grey
> ***Voted for by: Tim Lodge, Dick Weltz, Mike
> Shefler, Russ Heimerson
> ***FROM: Jim Hart, who voted for 12 and 15,
> and scores 4 + 0 = 4
>
>
> 5. a fungal disease which is very destructive to silkworms
> ***Voted for by: nobody
> ***FROM: Webster's Revised Unabridged
> Dictionary, which scores D0
>
>
> 6.* _obs._ a raisin
> ***Voted for by: Toni Savage
> ***FROM: Paul Keating, who did not vote, and
> scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
>
> 7.* a heavy crenellated damask-weaved fabric used for
> curtains or draperies
> ***Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Dick Weltz,
> Tim Bourne, Russ Heimerson
> ***FROM: Mike Shefler, who voted for 2 and
> 4, and scores 4 + 0 = 4
>
>
> 8.* a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick
> ***Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
> ***FROM: Dan Widdis, who did not vote, and
> scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
>
> 9.* an alkaloid found in certain types of grapes
> ***Voted for by: Toni Savage, Nancy
> Shepherdson
> ***FROM: Dave Cunningham, who voted for 16
> and 8, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
>
>
> 10. a generic term for mammals such as the ferret and
> polecat
> ***Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
> ***FROM: Tim Bourne, who voted for 7 and 13,
> and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
>
> 11. a hormone which regulates heart function
> ***Voted for by: nobody
> ***FROM: Tim Lodge, who voted for 4 and 16,
> and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
>
> 12. marked with fine, close-set grooves, ridges, or
> streaks
> ***Voted for by: Jim Hart, Nancy
> Shepherdson
> ***FROM: Scott Crom, who voted for 1 and 15,
> and scores 2 + 0 = 2
>
>
> 13. fine linen fabric
> ***Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Dodi Schultz
> ***FROM: Judy Madnick, who voted for 1 and
> 7, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
>
>
> 14. a French white wine produced in the Loire Valley from
> the same
> ***Melon de Bourgogne grape used to produce
> Muscadet, but outside the
> ***geographical area that would permit use
> of the Muscadet "appelation."
> ***Voted for by: nobody
> ***FROM: Dick Weltz, who voted for 4 and 7,
> and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
>
> 15. opaque; milky
> ***Voted for by: Guerri Stevens, Jim Hart,
> Scott Crom
> ***FROM: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted for 9
> and 12, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
>
>
> 16. out of the direct line of descent
> ***Voted for by: Tim Lodge, Dave Cunningham,
> Dodi Schultz
> ***FROM: Russ Heimerson, who voted for 4 and
> 7, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
>
>
> 17. completely confused or jumbled
> ***Voted for by: nobody
> ***FROM: Tony Abell, who did not vote, and
> scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
>
> 18. a variety of raisin made from Serbian muscat grapes
> ***Voted for by: nobody
> ***FROM: Toni Savage, who voted for 6 and 9,
> and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
>
>