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Paul Keating
December 30th, 2010, 04:38 PM
The winner of round 2168 is Daniel Widdis, whose definition "a light
two-wheeled one-horse car, formerly widely used in Ireland" earned a
natural 5.

There were three players in coveted second place with 4 points each:
Tim Bourne, Chris Carson and Dodi Schultz.

The true definition was 19: "splutter" (OED Online Nov 2010 <http://
www.oed.com/view/Entry/79346>). Millie just pipped me for a D0.

1. a tinsmith
Votes from: Hart, Lodge, Shefler and Stevens
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 4.

2. tinsel sheddings
No votes
Submitted by: Grieco.

3. to burn weakly or unevenly
Votes from: Morgan and Weltz
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 2.

4. fine sand used to scrape vellum
Vote from: Madnick
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 1.

5. flickering light given off by glowing embers
No votes
Submitted by: Shefler.

6. a large mackerel or herring, lightly smoked and salted

Votes from: Barrs, Hart, Schultz and Shefler
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 4.

7. the portion of a pair of glasses that goes across the
nose
No votes
Submitted by: Savage.

8. a suspended bucket for holding molten brass to be
poured into a mold
No votes
Submitted by: Abell.

9. to admire (a woman) from a distance without letting
one's interest be known
No votes
Submitted by: Crom.

10. someone who makes money out of an expected or actual
surplus of some commodity, either by selling short
before the surplus becomes apparent, or by buying
cheaply and holding stock to sell later at more normal
prices
Votes from: Carson, Crom, Weltz and Widdis
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 4.

11. a word with two or more juxtaposed gutterals [origin
possibly onomatopoeic]
Vote from: Savage
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores natural 1.

12. the dross that is skimmed off molten metal, most
particularly typemetal
Votes from: Madnick, Stevens and Widdis
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores natural 3.

13. a light two-wheeled one-horse car, formerly widely used
in Ireland
Votes from: Bourne, Carson, Cunningham, Lodge and
Savage
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 5.

14. a pad or cushion used by rowers for seat-related comfort
Vote from: Crom
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

15. a toothed tool for removing seeds from flax or hemp
Vote from: Bourne
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.

16. an early and now obsolete type of golf club
Vote from: Barrs
Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 1.

17. to indulge oneself in luxury
Vote from: Cunningham
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.

18. _Obs._ giblets, entrails
Vote from: Schultz
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 1.

19. splutter
Vote from: Morgan
Real definition from OED Online Nov 2010
<http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/79346>

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