[Dixonary] FW: Rnd 2207 Cruor Results

[Steve Graham]

I hope I've done this right since I already erred with the round number and
the cutoff date, but here goes.

Unfortunately, I'm about to leave town shortly and won't have my computer
with me to "fix" things. Here goes:

If the point of this game is to choose a word that nobody will get, my word
was a "bloody" failure since Webster's New World Dictionary garnered six
natural points with a blob of coagulated blood.

I had thought it would stump more folks, especially since I didn't find it
in all my dictionaries. Go figure

Since the dictionary cannot vote, the deal falls to Keith Hale with four
natural points and his picking the right definition was blood-red icing on
the cake.

Perhaps those who chose wine-related fake definitions took a clue from the
"Grand Cru" on some French wine labels. "Cru" means a number of things in
French. Besides meaning "vintage," it also means "raw" and thus I have an
image of some fresh beef rib roast oozing blood. Maybe there's a connection.

In any event, here are the gory details:

1. panic
Submitter: Grieco Votes: DQ 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by:

2. a stone goblet
Submitter: Shefler Votes: *3* & 18 1 + 2 = 3*
Voted for by: Stevens

3. *coagulated blood, gore*
Submitter: Webster's New World Dictionary which can't vote and can't dand
scores D6
Voted for by: Hale, Barrs, Cunningham, Shefler, Abell, Crom

4. a derisive noise such as a snort
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 2 & 6 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Harrington, Schultz

5. space between corbels in a parapet
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 7 & 8 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Widdis, Crom

6. humus formed under acid conditions
Submitter: Carson Votes: 8 & 11 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Stevens

7. a 17th century wrought-iron wine rack
Submitter: Harrington Votes: 4 & 14 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick, Abell

8. [obs.] the chief caretaker of a vineyard
Submitter: Hale Votes: *3* & 18 4 + 2 = 6*
Voted for by: Carson, Schultz, Madnick, Cunningham

9. a thin spike used to fasten railroad ties
Submitter: Savage Votes: N/V 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs

10. an appliance used for "sous vide" cooking
Submitter: Weltz Votes: N/V 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Lodge, Bourne

11. one who cleans and polishes brass statuary
Submitter: Abell Votes: *3* & 7 2 + 2 = 4*
Voted for by: Bourne, Carson

12. _Obs._ provisions for travel, esp. for pilgrims
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 10 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

13. the person to whom benefits accrue in an agreement
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 10 & 11 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Morgan, Lodge

14. a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 5 & 15 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Harrington

15. a type of winch for raising a portcullis, generally made from a tree
trunk
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: *3* & 8 1 + 2 = 3*
Voted for by: Widdis

16. originally: any of various ferocious sea creatures. In later use: a
large cetacean, as a grampus
Submitter: Morgan Votes: 13 & 17 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

17. the lubricant excreted by terrestrial gastropods such as snails and
slugs as an aid to locomotion
Submitter: Shultz Votes: 4 & 8 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Morgan

18. [relig.] technical term in the mystery plays (qv) for the blood and
water that issued from the side of Christ on the cross fr. Lat. _crux_ cross
and OE _gore_]
Submitter: Barrs Votes: *3* & 9 2 + 2 = 4*
Voted for by: Hale, Shefler

No Def
FROM Scott Crom Votes *3* & 5, 0 + 2 = 2*

Steve Graham

[—Keith Hale—]

Gulp. Well, thanks [a ton] to the voters! This will be my very first
deal.

As i watched the votes, it was like that FedEx commercial where a new site
goes live and see the first several orders come in and they celebrate. Then
many more and they go nuts. Then thousands of orders and they just look
around at each other. Well, into every players life, a deal must eventually
fall.

I don't have the software - and with my PC barely surviving as is, i am
going to try this bareback. I'll send out a word ASAP, and ... how long am
i meant to give for definition submission? I'll try to learn the drill as i
go. I've never really looked at the versions of the posts anywhere but good
old e-mail. I'll try to continue that, unless that fails somehow.

If someone has a good link to the past words post, i need that STAT so i
don't throw out a used word.

Thanks again, and i hope i do it tolerably well!

—Keith—

[—Keith Hale—]

(Sorry, i found the used word list page seconds after i sent this. Thanks,
though, in advance for all other assistance on my n00b deal.)

[—Keith Hale—]

OK. Already running into some of the weirdness of e-mail and Dixonary.

I sent out the new word announcement at least 75 minutes ago, and it never
came back to me. I did get a "daffy-nition" from Steve Graham - about 5
minutes after i sent it. So.

G-mail woes? Anyone else have this issue when they mail a fresh post to
dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com?

[Daniel Widdis]

An email message contains a unique signature called a Message ID. Gmail
(and many clients) keep track of these message ID's, and if they receive
multiple copies of a message, consider them duplicates and only show you
one: in this case, the one that's your "sent items". (As another example,
I'm replying to both you and the list, so you'll actually get this message
twice but you'll only see it once.)

In order to get your own message that you posted to the list, you have to
subscribe with a different address than the one you send the definition on.
Or, if you just want to check that it sent properly, check at tapcis.com or
the googlegroups site.

--
Dan

From: ‹Keith Hale‹ <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>


OK. Already running into some of the weirdness of e-mail and Dixonary.

I sent out the new word announcement at least 75 minutes ago, and it never
came back to me. I did get a "daffy-nition" from Steve Graham - about 5
minutes after i sent it. So.

G-mail woes? Anyone else have this issue when they mail a fresh post to
dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com?

[Dave Cunningham]

Can you check Scott Crom's votes please? I think he voted for 3 and
15? Thanks.


Dave

Dave


On May 19, 11:29*pm, "Steve Graham" <sdgra... (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:
> I hope I've done this right since I already erred with the round number and
> the cutoff date, but here goes.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm about to leave town shortly and won't have my computer
> with me to "fix" things. Here goes:
>
> If the point of this game is to choose a word that nobody will get, my word
> was a "bloody" failure since Webster's New World Dictionary garnered six
> natural points with a blob of coagulated blood.
>
> I had thought it would stump more folks, especially since I didn't find it
> in all my dictionaries. Go figure
>
> Since the dictionary cannot vote, the deal falls to Keith Hale with four
> natural points and his picking the right definition was blood-red icing on
> the cake.
>
> Perhaps those who chose wine-related fake definitions took a clue from the
> "Grand Cru" on some French wine labels. "Cru" means a number of things in
> French. Besides meaning "vintage," it also means "raw" and thus I have an
> image of some fresh beef rib roast oozing blood. Maybe there's a connection.
>
> In any event, here are the gory details:
>
> 1. panic
> Submitter: Grieco Votes: DQ 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by:
>
> 2. a stone goblet
> Submitter: Shefler Votes: *3* & 18 1 + 2 = 3*
> Voted for by: Stevens
>
> 3. *coagulated blood, gore*
> Submitter: Webster's New World Dictionary which can't vote and can't dand
> scores D6
> Voted for by: Hale, Barrs, Cunningham, Shefler, Abell, Crom
>
> 4. a derisive noise such as a snort
> Submitter: *Stevens Votes: 2 & 6 2 + 0 = 2
> Voted for by: Harrington, Schultz
>
> 5. space between corbels in a parapet
> Submitter: Madnick Votes: 7 & 8 2 + 0 = 2
> Voted for by: Widdis, Crom
>
> 6. humus formed under acid conditions
> Submitter: Carson Votes: 8 & 11 1 + 0 = 1
> Voted for by: Stevens
>
> 7. a 17th century wrought-iron wine rack
> Submitter: Harrington Votes: 4 & 14 2 + 0 = 2
> Voted for by: Madnick, Abell
>
> 8. [obs.] the chief caretaker of a vineyard
> Submitter: *Hale Votes: *3* & 18 4 + 2 = 6*
> Voted for by: Carson, Schultz, Madnick, Cunningham
>
> 9. a thin spike used to fasten railroad ties
> Submitter: Savage Votes: N/V 1 + 0 = 1
> Voted for by: Barrs
>
> 10. an appliance used for "sous vide" cooking
> Submitter: Weltz Votes: N/V 2 + 0 = 2
> Voted for by: Lodge, Bourne
>
> 11. one who cleans and polishes brass statuary
> Submitter: Abell Votes: *3* & 7 2 + 2 = 4*
> Voted for by: Bourne, Carson
>
> 12. _Obs._ provisions for travel, esp. for pilgrims
> Submitter: Lodge Votes: 10 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 13. the person to whom benefits accrue in an agreement
> Submitter: Bourne Votes: 10 & 11 2 + 0 = 2
> Voted for by: Morgan, Lodge
>
> 14. a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
> Submitter: Widdis Votes: 5 & 15 1 + 0 = 1
> Voted for by: Harrington
>
> 15. a type of winch for raising a portcullis, generally made from a tree
> trunk
> Submitter: Cunningham Votes: *3* & 8 1 + 2 = 3*
> Voted for by: Widdis
>
> 16. originally: any of various ferocious sea creatures. In later use: a
> large cetacean, as a grampus
> Submitter: Morgan Votes: 13 & 17 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 17. the lubricant excreted by terrestrial gastropods such as snails and
> slugs as an aid to locomotion
> Submitter: *Shultz Votes: 4 & 8 1 + 0 = 1
> Voted for by: Morgan
>
> 18. [relig.] technical term in the mystery plays (qv) for the blood and
> water that issued from the side of Christ on the cross fr. Lat. _crux_ cross
> and OE _gore_]
> Submitter: Barrs Votes: *3* & 9 2 + 2 = 4*
> Voted for by: Hale, Shefler
>
> No Def
> FROM Scott Crom Votes *3* & 5, 0 + 2 = 2*
>
> Steve Graham

[Steve Graham]

That could indeed be a typo on my part. Unfortunately I can't fix it right now. I don't think that changes the deal, however.

I also need to change matt grieco to zero, I believe

Sent from my iPhone

On May 20, 2011, at 3:02, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:

> Can you check Scott Crom's votes please? I think he voted for 3 and
> 15? Thanks.
>
>
> Dave
>
> Dave
>
>
> On May 19, 11:29 pm, "Steve Graham" <sdgra... (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:
>> I hope I've done this right since I already erred with the round number and
>> the cutoff date, but here goes.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I'm about to leave town shortly and won't have my computer
>> with me to "fix" things. Here goes:
>>
>> If the point of this game is to choose a word that nobody will get, my word
>> was a "bloody" failure since Webster's New World Dictionary garnered six
>> natural points with a blob of coagulated blood.
>>
>> I had thought it would stump more folks, especially since I didn't find it
>> in all my dictionaries. Go figure
>>
>> Since the dictionary cannot vote, the deal falls to Keith Hale with four
>> natural points and his picking the right definition was blood-red icing on
>> the cake.
>>
>> Perhaps those who chose wine-related fake definitions took a clue from the
>> "Grand Cru" on some French wine labels. "Cru" means a number of things in
>> French. Besides meaning "vintage," it also means "raw" and thus I have an
>> image of some fresh beef rib roast oozing blood. Maybe there's a connection.
>>
>> In any event, here are the gory details:
>>
>> 1. panic
>> Submitter: Grieco Votes: DQ 0 + 1 = 1
>> Voted for by:
>>
>> 2. a stone goblet
>> Submitter: Shefler Votes: *3* & 18 1 + 2 = 3*
>> Voted for by: Stevens
>>
>> 3. *coagulated blood, gore*
>> Submitter: Webster's New World Dictionary which can't vote and can't dand
>> scores D6
>> Voted for by: Hale, Barrs, Cunningham, Shefler, Abell, Crom
>>
>> 4. a derisive noise such as a snort
>> Submitter: Stevens Votes: 2 & 6 2 + 0 = 2
>> Voted for by: Harrington, Schultz
>>
>> 5. space between corbels in a parapet
>> Submitter: Madnick Votes: 7 & 8 2 + 0 = 2
>> Voted for by: Widdis, Crom
>>
>> 6. humus formed under acid conditions
>> Submitter: Carson Votes: 8 & 11 1 + 0 = 1
>> Voted for by: Stevens
>>
>> 7. a 17th century wrought-iron wine rack
>> Submitter: Harrington Votes: 4 & 14 2 + 0 = 2
>> Voted for by: Madnick, Abell
>>
>> 8. [obs.] the chief caretaker of a vineyard
>> Submitter: Hale Votes: *3* & 18 4 + 2 = 6*
>> Voted for by: Carson, Schultz, Madnick, Cunningham
>>
>> 9. a thin spike used to fasten railroad ties
>> Submitter: Savage Votes: N/V 1 + 0 = 1
>> Voted for by: Barrs
>>
>> 10. an appliance used for "sous vide" cooking
>> Submitter: Weltz Votes: N/V 2 + 0 = 2
>> Voted for by: Lodge, Bourne
>>
>> 11. one who cleans and polishes brass statuary
>> Submitter: Abell Votes: *3* & 7 2 + 2 = 4*
>> Voted for by: Bourne, Carson
>>
>> 12. _Obs._ provisions for travel, esp. for pilgrims
>> Submitter: Lodge Votes: 10 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
>> Voted for by:
>>
>> 13. the person to whom benefits accrue in an agreement
>> Submitter: Bourne Votes: 10 & 11 2 + 0 = 2
>> Voted for by: Morgan, Lodge
>>
>> 14. a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
>> Submitter: Widdis Votes: 5 & 15 1 + 0 = 1
>> Voted for by: Harrington
>>
>> 15. a type of winch for raising a portcullis, generally made from a tree
>> trunk
>> Submitter: Cunningham Votes: *3* & 8 1 + 2 = 3*
>> Voted for by: Widdis
>>
>> 16. originally: any of various ferocious sea creatures. In later use: a
>> large cetacean, as a grampus
>> Submitter: Morgan Votes: 13 & 17 0 + 0 = 0
>> Voted for by:
>>
>> 17. the lubricant excreted by terrestrial gastropods such as snails and
>> slugs as an aid to locomotion
>> Submitter: Shultz Votes: 4 & 8 1 + 0 = 1
>> Voted for by: Morgan
>>
>> 18. [relig.] technical term in the mystery plays (qv) for the blood and
>> water that issued from the side of Christ on the cross fr. Lat. _crux_ cross
>> and OE _gore_]
>> Submitter: Barrs Votes: *3* & 9 2 + 2 = 4*
>> Voted for by: Hale, Shefler
>>
>> No Def
>> FROM Scott Crom Votes *3* & 5, 0 + 2 = 2*
>>
>> Steve Graham
>

[Dodi Schultz]

Dave Cunningham wrote:
> Can you check Scott Crom's votes please? I think he voted for 3 and 15?
>

Well, Steve isn't going to check since, as he told us, he is traveling
without internet access. But I happen to have those votes still around
and, yes, Scott did vote for 3 and 15.

Mike, also please note that in his haste, Steve mistakenly gave Matthew
a score of 1; it was actually zero for the round.