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Christopher Carson
September 26th, 2009, 07:58 PM
The winner of round 2042 is Paul Keating,
whose definition "An expedition; a ship-raid [Old Norse]."
received 5 votes, plus 2 points for guessing the correct
def.

John Barrs takes coveted second place
with 5 points. Tony Abell is runner-up with 4 points.

The true definition was 8: "To destroy, corrupt."
(OED 2nd), which 3 perceptive players guessed.


1. [M.E.] A partial payment made.
Votes from: Madnick and Schultz
Submitted by: Savage, who scores natural 2.

2. [Hindi] a spicy mixed vegetable pickle.
Vote from: Madnick
Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 1.

3. An expedition; a ship-raid [Old Norse].
Votes from: Barrs, Cunningham, Emery, Heimerson and
Savage
Submitted by: Keating, who scores 5 + 2, total 7.

4. A castrated deer.
Vote from: Cunningham
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.

5. [Iceland] A glacier overlaying a volcanic vent; an
unusually heavy fog caused by such a feature.
Votes from: Crom and Savage
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 2.

6. A sort of gelatine made from ants.
Votes from: Abell and Bourne
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 2.

7. A brick filling between timbers in a partition.
Vote from: Weltz
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 1.

8. To destroy, corrupt.
Votes from: Abell, Keating and Lodge
Real definition from OED 2nd

9. [ON] A fine woollen cloth, usually dyed scarlet.
Vote from: Barrs
Submitted by: Heimerson, who scores natural 1.

10. A person whose job it was to raise and lower the
drawbridge of a fort.
Votes from: Keating and Widdis
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores natural 2.

11. A fitting, usually brass, that connects the bittle to
the lapboard on a lateen-rigged sailing craft.
Vote from: Stevens
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores natural 1.

12. A determination based on a solemn vow.
Votes from: Morgan and Schultz
Submitted by: Abell, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.

13. An outhouse attached to a croft, us. housing a pig or
cow.
Votes from: Lodge and Shefler
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 2.

14. A decorative fringe.
Vote from: Weltz
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 1.

15. [Hindi] A tanner.
Vote from: Emery
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

16. [Scot.] A formal gathering of the clans [orig. to talk
their way out of battle, but now a time of gaiety].
Votes from: Bourne, Crom, Morgan, Shefler and Widdis
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores natural 5.

17. A creeping lichen.
Vote from: Hart
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.

18. A fine, hard, white, odorless soap made with olive oil
and sodium hydroxide.
Votes from: Hart and Stevens
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 2.

19. A process for hardening aluminum for use in weight-
bearing items.
Vote from: Heimerson
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.


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