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EnDash@aol.com
November 7th, 2009, 10:54 AM
I thought this funny word would be a possible D0, but four of you very
clever lot guessed right on the nose.

And the next deal is for Chris Carson with 7 unnatural points

1: the accumulation of shavings, chips, and sawdust around a cabinet
maker's workbench
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Guerri Stevens, Mike Shefler
FROM Scott Crom who voted 4 and 19, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

2: [Maine] kindling
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 1 and *7*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

3: large curved brick or tile used to support a melting pot
Voted for by: Chris Carson
FROM Judy Madnick who voted 4 and 8, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

4: [Scot] 1. to brush the ice in curling; 2. the brush used to kiddle the
ice
Voted for by: Scott Crom, Judy Madnick, Tony Abell, Dan Widdis
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted 9 and 19, and scores 4 + 0 = 4

5: a clamping device to hold the work piece on a lathe
Voted for by: Millie Morgan
FROM Tim Lodge who voted 8 and 17, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

6: a child's riddle or puzzle (term first used in the Opies' classic work
"The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren")
Voted for by: Millie Morgan
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 8 and 12, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

7: [Brit. archaic] a device, esp. a barrier constructed of nets and
stakes, for catching fish in a river or in the sea
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Chris Carson, Dan Widdis, Jim Hart
FROM Collins English Dictionary - Unabridged 6th ed. which can't vote, and
scores D4

8: an inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running water
to flush away impurities
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Tim Lodge, Tim Bourne, Paul Keating, Chuck
Emery
FROM Chris Carson who voted 3 and *7*, and scores 5 + 2 = 7*

9: to nag or browbeat [OE cidelan -- _more at_ chide]
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Dodi Schultz
FROM Paul Keating who voted 8 and 12, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

10: a decorative cover for raised burners on a stove
Voted for by: Dodi Schultz
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 1 and 13, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

11: a small flat piece of metal with slots which functions as an S-hook
Voted for by nobody
FROM Chuck Emery who voted 8 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

12: to coax or cajole
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Paul Keating, Chuck Emery, Tony Abell, Mike
Shefler
FROM Millie Morgan who voted 5 and 6, and scores 5 + 0 = 5

13: a knit covering for insulating a teapot
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
FROM Tony Abell who voted 4 and 12, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

14: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 4 and *7*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

15: a bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods
Voted for by nobody
FROM Jim Hart who voted *7* and 18, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

16: the hinge mechanism of the temple arm on eyeglasses
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 9 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

17: an old unit of capacity equal to one quarter of a barrel
Voted for by: Tim Lodge
FROM Russ Heimerson who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

18: a certain quantity of produce, usually root vegetables
Voted for by: Jim Hart
FROM Toni Savage who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

19: [Chiefly Scot.] to comfort or console, esp. a child
Voted for by: Scott Crom, Johnny Barrs
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 1 and 12, and scores 2 + 0 = 2