Tony Abell
August 14th, 2005, 12:09 AM
Dave Cunningham and Toni Savage are on vacation, but Dave managed to
send a def before he left, and Toni sent one from a computer in Mexico
City. Alas, neither was able to vote.
Russ Heimerson and John Barrs figured that nifle might mean a trivial
or worthless thing or person, and thus agreed with Merriam-Webster's
Third New International Dictionary--John having done so before voting
by turning in a definition that was so close, I decided to replace it
with the real one. In return for having no words from his original
def in the one ultimately listed, John receives 2 points for having
matched the actual definition (I can't find that provision in the
rules, but it seems reasonable to me, so that's what I'm doing).
Otherwise, people really liked Judy Madnick's wandering about and
Barbara Kryvko's stammering. Judy takes the deal with 7 natural, and
Barbara is the real winner with 6 natural.
Take it away, Judy!
1. _Br. Sl._ An unusual event or spectacle. [fr. _an eyeful_]
Voted for by Dan Widdis, Dodi Schultz, Don Jordon
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
2. A thin decorative band, usually of metal, between the mouthpiece of a pipe
and the bowl.
Voted for by Barbara Kryvko, Lenny Goran, John Barrs
SOURCE: Chuck Emery, who voted 3 and 6, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
3. The channel cut in the end of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.
Voted for by Chuck Emery, John Barrs
SOURCE: Russ Heimerson, who voted 6 and *14*, and scores 2 + 2 = 4*
4. Bread pudding thickly studded with raisins.
Voted for by Hugo Kornelis, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Scott Crom, who voted 6 and 10, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
5. A blacksmith's apron.
Voted for by Wayne Scott, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted 19 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
6. To wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure.
Voted for by Wayne Scott, Dodi Schultz, Carolyn Mayer, Chuck Emery, Scott
Crom, Russ Heimerson, Paul Keating
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted 20 and 21, and scores 7 + 0 = 7
7. A small passageway between the robing room and the chancel of a church.
Voted for by Hugo Kornelis, Lenny Goran
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted 5 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
8. Service slang for a rifle fitted with a night sight, from Night rIFLE.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 13 and 20, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
9. A ring normally used to attach a rope or line, such as on a sail.
Voted for by Don Jordon
SOURCE: Toni Savage, who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
10. The burrow of a ferret.
Voted for by Scott Crom
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted 1 and 6, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
11. _Brit._ _Advertising._ to rapidly recite the statutory text at the end of
radio advertisements for banks, etc. [imit., shortened f. _do the needful_]
Voted for by Dan Widdis, Carolyn Mayer
SOURCE: Paul Keating, who voted 6 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
12. _Scot._ a very small amount, especially of food.
Voted for by Chris Carson
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 16 and 21, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
13. A small, curved whisk used in making sauces.
Voted for by Tim Bourne
SOURCE: Wayne Scott, who voted 5 and 6, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
14. A trivial or worthless thing or person.
Voted for by Russ Heimerson
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster's Third New International, which cannot vote, and scores D2
AND: John Barrs, who voted 2 and 3, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
15. A distinct section of an arthropod, consisting of two or more adjoining
segments, such as the cephalothorax of a spider.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted 1 and 11, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
16. Marked by friendly intimacy. [From Frisian: "noflik"]
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Hugo Kornelis, who voted 4 and 7, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
17. To cup one hand over the mouth in order to conceal a smirk or sneer.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Mike Shefler, who voted 4 and 21, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
18. The negative form of "rifle" (NOT or NO + RIFLE) used by peaceniks,
gun-control and anti-war activists, and their ilk. Most used in
confrontation and protestation with the NRA when they chant "Nifle, Nifle,
Nifle!!" and carry "Nifle" signs and wear "Nifle" buttons.
Voted for by Barbara Kryvko
SOURCE: Carolyn Mayer, who voted 6 and 11, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
19. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped.
Voted for by Nancy Shepherdson
SOURCE: Lenny Goran, who voted 2 and 7, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
20. To finish or decorate the border or edge of.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who voted 12 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
21. To stammer. [Obs.]
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Mike Shefler, Judy Madnick, Nancy Shepherdson,
Chris Carson, Paul Keating
SOURCE: Barbara Kryvko, who voted 2 and 18, and scores 6 + 0 = 6
No definition submitted
Don Jordon, who voted 1 and 9, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Barrs ........................ 14 2 & 3 1 + 2 = 3
Bourne ....................... 8 13 & 20 0 + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 20 12 & 21 2 + 0 = 2
Crom ......................... 4 6 & 10 2 + 0 = 2
Cunningham ................... 1 N/V 3 + 0 = 3
Emery ........................ 2 3 & 6 3 + 0 = 3
Goran ........................ 19 2 & 7 1 + 0 = 1
Heimerson .................... 3 6 & *14* 2 + 2 = 4
Jordon ....................... 1 & 9 0 + 0 = 0
Keating ...................... 11 6 & 21 2 + 0 = 2
Kornelis ..................... 16 4 & 7 2 + 0 = 2
Kryvko ....................... 21 2 & 18 6 + 0 = 6
Lodge ........................ 12 16 & 21 1 + 0 = 1
M-W 3rd New International .... 14 N/A D2
Madnick ...................... 6 20 & 21 7 + 0 = 7
Mayer ........................ 18 6 & 11 1 + 0 = 1
Savage ....................... 9 N/V 1 + 0 = 1
Schultz ...................... 10 1 & 6 1 + 0 = 1
Scott ........................ 13 5 & 6 1 + 0 = 1
Shefler ...................... 17 4 & 21 0 + 0 = 0
Shepherdson .................. 5 19 & 21 2 + 0 = 2
Stevens ...................... 7 5 & 16 2 + 0 = 2
Widdis ....................... 15 1 & 11 0 + 0 = 0
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send a def before he left, and Toni sent one from a computer in Mexico
City. Alas, neither was able to vote.
Russ Heimerson and John Barrs figured that nifle might mean a trivial
or worthless thing or person, and thus agreed with Merriam-Webster's
Third New International Dictionary--John having done so before voting
by turning in a definition that was so close, I decided to replace it
with the real one. In return for having no words from his original
def in the one ultimately listed, John receives 2 points for having
matched the actual definition (I can't find that provision in the
rules, but it seems reasonable to me, so that's what I'm doing).
Otherwise, people really liked Judy Madnick's wandering about and
Barbara Kryvko's stammering. Judy takes the deal with 7 natural, and
Barbara is the real winner with 6 natural.
Take it away, Judy!
1. _Br. Sl._ An unusual event or spectacle. [fr. _an eyeful_]
Voted for by Dan Widdis, Dodi Schultz, Don Jordon
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
2. A thin decorative band, usually of metal, between the mouthpiece of a pipe
and the bowl.
Voted for by Barbara Kryvko, Lenny Goran, John Barrs
SOURCE: Chuck Emery, who voted 3 and 6, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
3. The channel cut in the end of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.
Voted for by Chuck Emery, John Barrs
SOURCE: Russ Heimerson, who voted 6 and *14*, and scores 2 + 2 = 4*
4. Bread pudding thickly studded with raisins.
Voted for by Hugo Kornelis, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Scott Crom, who voted 6 and 10, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
5. A blacksmith's apron.
Voted for by Wayne Scott, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted 19 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
6. To wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure.
Voted for by Wayne Scott, Dodi Schultz, Carolyn Mayer, Chuck Emery, Scott
Crom, Russ Heimerson, Paul Keating
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted 20 and 21, and scores 7 + 0 = 7
7. A small passageway between the robing room and the chancel of a church.
Voted for by Hugo Kornelis, Lenny Goran
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted 5 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
8. Service slang for a rifle fitted with a night sight, from Night rIFLE.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 13 and 20, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
9. A ring normally used to attach a rope or line, such as on a sail.
Voted for by Don Jordon
SOURCE: Toni Savage, who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
10. The burrow of a ferret.
Voted for by Scott Crom
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted 1 and 6, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
11. _Brit._ _Advertising._ to rapidly recite the statutory text at the end of
radio advertisements for banks, etc. [imit., shortened f. _do the needful_]
Voted for by Dan Widdis, Carolyn Mayer
SOURCE: Paul Keating, who voted 6 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
12. _Scot._ a very small amount, especially of food.
Voted for by Chris Carson
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 16 and 21, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
13. A small, curved whisk used in making sauces.
Voted for by Tim Bourne
SOURCE: Wayne Scott, who voted 5 and 6, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
14. A trivial or worthless thing or person.
Voted for by Russ Heimerson
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster's Third New International, which cannot vote, and scores D2
AND: John Barrs, who voted 2 and 3, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
15. A distinct section of an arthropod, consisting of two or more adjoining
segments, such as the cephalothorax of a spider.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted 1 and 11, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
16. Marked by friendly intimacy. [From Frisian: "noflik"]
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Hugo Kornelis, who voted 4 and 7, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
17. To cup one hand over the mouth in order to conceal a smirk or sneer.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Mike Shefler, who voted 4 and 21, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
18. The negative form of "rifle" (NOT or NO + RIFLE) used by peaceniks,
gun-control and anti-war activists, and their ilk. Most used in
confrontation and protestation with the NRA when they chant "Nifle, Nifle,
Nifle!!" and carry "Nifle" signs and wear "Nifle" buttons.
Voted for by Barbara Kryvko
SOURCE: Carolyn Mayer, who voted 6 and 11, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
19. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped.
Voted for by Nancy Shepherdson
SOURCE: Lenny Goran, who voted 2 and 7, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
20. To finish or decorate the border or edge of.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who voted 12 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
21. To stammer. [Obs.]
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Mike Shefler, Judy Madnick, Nancy Shepherdson,
Chris Carson, Paul Keating
SOURCE: Barbara Kryvko, who voted 2 and 18, and scores 6 + 0 = 6
No definition submitted
Don Jordon, who voted 1 and 9, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Barrs ........................ 14 2 & 3 1 + 2 = 3
Bourne ....................... 8 13 & 20 0 + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 20 12 & 21 2 + 0 = 2
Crom ......................... 4 6 & 10 2 + 0 = 2
Cunningham ................... 1 N/V 3 + 0 = 3
Emery ........................ 2 3 & 6 3 + 0 = 3
Goran ........................ 19 2 & 7 1 + 0 = 1
Heimerson .................... 3 6 & *14* 2 + 2 = 4
Jordon ....................... 1 & 9 0 + 0 = 0
Keating ...................... 11 6 & 21 2 + 0 = 2
Kornelis ..................... 16 4 & 7 2 + 0 = 2
Kryvko ....................... 21 2 & 18 6 + 0 = 6
Lodge ........................ 12 16 & 21 1 + 0 = 1
M-W 3rd New International .... 14 N/A D2
Madnick ...................... 6 20 & 21 7 + 0 = 7
Mayer ........................ 18 6 & 11 1 + 0 = 1
Savage ....................... 9 N/V 1 + 0 = 1
Schultz ...................... 10 1 & 6 1 + 0 = 1
Scott ........................ 13 5 & 6 1 + 0 = 1
Shefler ...................... 17 4 & 21 0 + 0 = 0
Shepherdson .................. 5 19 & 21 2 + 0 = 2
Stevens ...................... 7 5 & 16 2 + 0 = 2
Widdis ....................... 15 1 & 11 0 + 0 = 0
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