Dave Cunningham
August 10th, 2005, 07:20 PM
Everyone has voted -- and it looks like Wurf was a strange enough word -- garnering only two correct votes.
1. a kind of whip. [Savage] 6 13 (Schultz)
2. Thor's daughter. [Hirst] 6 10 nil
3. a gale-force wind [Scots]. [Shepherdson] 9 17 (Stevens) (Jordan) 2
4. To blow gently upon. [Crom] 5 12 (Shefler) (Jordan) (Carson) 3
5. to suppress quietly or indirectly [Goran] 6 12 (Mayer) (Crom) (Carson) 3
6. dirty tatted tuft of sheep's wool [Madnick] 10 13 (Goran) (Shefler) (Hirst) (Savage) (Scott) (Lodge) 6!!
7. a stone's throw; also, a glance of the eye [Webster] NV (Widdis) (Keating) D2
8. When a surfer and his dog surf together. [Mayer] 5 12 nil
9. a corps of mercenaries [ME (y)werf(en) 'recruited'] [Keating] *7 12 (Kornelis) (Shepherdson) 2 + 2 = 4
10. a thick beer brewed from hops, barley and molasses. [Shefler] 4 6 (Madnick) (Bourne) (Hirst) (Stevens) 4
11. small offcuts of wood produced when shaping components in joinery [Bourne] 10 12 (Emery) (Schultz) (Widdis) (Abell) (Scott) 5!
12. The material cut away by a lathe [Ger _Wurfe_, from _werfen_, to throw]. [Abell] 11 13 (Emery) (Bourne) (Goran) (Keating) (Mayer) (Crom) (Heimerson) 7<-- dealer!!
13. any dark igneous rock whose composition cannot be determined with the naked eye. [Lodge] 6 17 (Madnick) (Savage) (Abell) 3
14. to oversteer (a racing car) so as to cause a fatal shift in the vehicle's gravitational torque. [Schultz] 1 11 nil
15. A lantern-shaped cupola on the roof of a medieval building for admitting air and providing for the escape of smoke. [Widdis] *7 11 2 + 0 = 2
16. a grease soaked fiber mat, or more recently a teflon donut, used to lubricate the bearings which allow railway cars to travel on curved track. [Emery] 11 12 (Heimerson) 1
17. [Circa 15th century] A crude shelter, usually made of interwoven branches and roofed with leaves and turf, for use by shepherds and field workers caught out at night or in inclement weather. [Stevens] 3 10 (Kornelis) (Shepherdson) (Lodge) 3
18. 1. A program that test other programs by sending random keystrokes; 2. An individual who posts a controversial message on a discussion forum, but does not return to defend it (see also troll, flame bait). [Kornelis] 9 17 nil
Heimerson 12 16 nil
Jordan 3 4 nil
Carson 4 5 -- states def is missing -- 2 points.
Scott 6 11 nil
Looks from here that Tony Abell is the next dealer with 7 points -- with Madnick at 6 and Bourne at 5 being the winners!
Dave
DQ, DF
1. a kind of whip. [Savage] 6 13 (Schultz)
2. Thor's daughter. [Hirst] 6 10 nil
3. a gale-force wind [Scots]. [Shepherdson] 9 17 (Stevens) (Jordan) 2
4. To blow gently upon. [Crom] 5 12 (Shefler) (Jordan) (Carson) 3
5. to suppress quietly or indirectly [Goran] 6 12 (Mayer) (Crom) (Carson) 3
6. dirty tatted tuft of sheep's wool [Madnick] 10 13 (Goran) (Shefler) (Hirst) (Savage) (Scott) (Lodge) 6!!
7. a stone's throw; also, a glance of the eye [Webster] NV (Widdis) (Keating) D2
8. When a surfer and his dog surf together. [Mayer] 5 12 nil
9. a corps of mercenaries [ME (y)werf(en) 'recruited'] [Keating] *7 12 (Kornelis) (Shepherdson) 2 + 2 = 4
10. a thick beer brewed from hops, barley and molasses. [Shefler] 4 6 (Madnick) (Bourne) (Hirst) (Stevens) 4
11. small offcuts of wood produced when shaping components in joinery [Bourne] 10 12 (Emery) (Schultz) (Widdis) (Abell) (Scott) 5!
12. The material cut away by a lathe [Ger _Wurfe_, from _werfen_, to throw]. [Abell] 11 13 (Emery) (Bourne) (Goran) (Keating) (Mayer) (Crom) (Heimerson) 7<-- dealer!!
13. any dark igneous rock whose composition cannot be determined with the naked eye. [Lodge] 6 17 (Madnick) (Savage) (Abell) 3
14. to oversteer (a racing car) so as to cause a fatal shift in the vehicle's gravitational torque. [Schultz] 1 11 nil
15. A lantern-shaped cupola on the roof of a medieval building for admitting air and providing for the escape of smoke. [Widdis] *7 11 2 + 0 = 2
16. a grease soaked fiber mat, or more recently a teflon donut, used to lubricate the bearings which allow railway cars to travel on curved track. [Emery] 11 12 (Heimerson) 1
17. [Circa 15th century] A crude shelter, usually made of interwoven branches and roofed with leaves and turf, for use by shepherds and field workers caught out at night or in inclement weather. [Stevens] 3 10 (Kornelis) (Shepherdson) (Lodge) 3
18. 1. A program that test other programs by sending random keystrokes; 2. An individual who posts a controversial message on a discussion forum, but does not return to defend it (see also troll, flame bait). [Kornelis] 9 17 nil
Heimerson 12 16 nil
Jordan 3 4 nil
Carson 4 5 -- states def is missing -- 2 points.
Scott 6 11 nil
Looks from here that Tony Abell is the next dealer with 7 points -- with Madnick at 6 and Bourne at 5 being the winners!
Dave
DQ, DF