[Dixonary] Round 2254: whinyard - Final -- CORRECTION

[Dodi Schultz]

Chris, you recorded my votes as being for #4 and #13.

Nope. Below is a copy of my vote as posted. #4 is correct, but I also
voted for the real def. That's two more points for me and one less for
#13 (sorry, Chuck!).

—Dodi

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I'll try one nautical and one not:

> 4. A block on the foremast of a whaling vessel to which
> the whaleline (foregoer) was fastened.
>

and

> 9. A shortsword; a hanger.
>

?Dodi

[Christopher Carson]

Ouch! I don't know how that managed to slip. I don't see any other numbers
in your message that might have confused the scorekeeper. Hopefully Mike
saw your note and changed the record. So now OED tied for the deal. And I
thought that was such a clever word, not realizing that there would be so
many people who based defs around the nautical meaning of 'yard', leaving
the real def hanging out in the breeze as one of the few odd men out.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Dodi Schultz
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:37 PM
To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2254: whinyard - Final -- CORRECTION

Chris, you recorded my votes as being for #4 and #13.

Nope. Below is a copy of my vote as posted. #4 is correct, but I also
voted for the real def. That's two more points for me and one less for
#13 (sorry, Chuck!).

—Dodi

==============================================

I'll try one nautical and one not:

> 4. A block on the foremast of a whaling vessel to which
> the whaleline (foregoer) was fastened.
>

and

> 9. A shortsword; a hanger.
>

?Dodi