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Matthew
December 2nd, 2011, 04:20 PM
Three players tied with 6 votes from their defrauded compatriots: John
Barrs with his axis of grass, Jim Hart with his druggy Incas, and Mike
Shefler with his pure Rachel. However, John Barrs added 2 points by
correctly identifying the 1910 Oxford Dictionary's definition of "to
stretch"; incidentally, that dictionary gives alternative spellings of
raxle, raxsil, raxill, and raxille, derived from the popular Scottish
verb "rax."

Over to Mr. Barrs with 8 unnatural points.

1: to stretch
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tim Lodge, John Barrs, Tony Abell
FROM The Oxford Dictionary, 1910 which can't vote, and scores D4

2: _obs._ to yawn
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tony Abell
FROM Paul Keating who voted *1* and (2), and scores 1 + 2 = 3*

3: a Finnish zither
Voted for by: Chris Carson
FROM Judy Madnick who voted 11 and 13, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

4: a spring-loaded catapult
Voted for by: Daniel Widdis
FROM Tony Abell who voted *1* and 2, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*

5: obsolete spelling of racial
Voted for by nobody
FROM Steve Graham who voted 11 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

6: angular distance below the horizon
Voted for by: Keith Hale, Dodi Schultz
FROM Daniel Widdis who voted 4 and 11, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

7: severe lumbar pain with no apparent cause
Voted for by nobody
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 9 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

8: a man-made material used as a substitute for leather
Voted for by nobody
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 9 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

9: pure; simple (<Heb. _rahel_, ewe, one with purity, hence the name
_Rachel_)
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Guerri Stevens, Jim Hart, Millie Morgan,
Dave Cunningham, Toni Savage
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 14 and 19, and scores 6 + 0 = 6

10: _Heraldry_ The point of an escutcheon between the fess point and
the base point
Voted for by: Millie Morgan, Dick Weltz
FROM Chris Carson who voted 3 and 19, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

11: a small hairy armadillo found in the central and southern parts of
South America
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Daniel Widdis, Steve Graham
FROM Millie Morgan who voted 9 and 10, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

12: a patented industrial process for removing contaminants during the
manufacture of soap
Voted for by nobody
FROM Tim Lodge who voted *1* and 19, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

13: an unusual type of moss that tends to grow on the South-facing
side of trees in rainforests
Voted for by: Judy Madnick
FROM Dick Weltz who voted 10 and 17, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

14: an apparent error in an early Wycliffe Bible manuscript at the
British Museum (Purvey, c. 1380)
Voted for by: Keith Hale, Mike Shefler, Toni Savage
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 9 and 19, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

15: [obs.] a crude anesthetic used in the early 20th c., notably in
World War I battlefield surgeries
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 6 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

16: the bone and cartilage to which most of the ribs are attached in
most vertebrates; the breastbone or sternum
Voted for by nobody
FROM Keith Hale who voted 6 and 14, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

17: a bold geometric design found in the more loosely knotted oriental
rugs originating in rural areas of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan
Voted for by: Dick Weltz, Nancy Shepherdson
FROM Stephen Dixon who voted 18 and 19, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

18: a Datura extract with mildly hallucinogenic properties, said to
have been used in some Inca ceremonies as a prophetic aid and to treat
insanity
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Guerri Stevens, Stephen Dixon, Steve
Graham, Dodi Schultz, Nancy Shepherdson
FROM Jim Hart who voted 9 and 19, and scores 6 + 0 = 6

19: [Ger. Haeckel:more usually Lat. _rachilla_] In grasses: the floral
axis, i.e. the axis on which the florets are borne within the spikelet
(cf._rachis_). Also (in palms): the ultimate flower-bearing axis of
the inflorescence.[Bot. scientific Lat _rachilla_ (1834 or earlier)
fr. _rachis _]
Voted for by: Tim Lodge, Mike Shefler, Chris Carson, John Barrs, Jim
Hart, Dave Cunningham, Stephen Dixon
FROM John Barrs who voted *1* and (19), and scores 6 + 2 = 8*

No def
FROM Nancy Shepherdson who voted 17 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

No def
FROM Toni Savage who voted 9 and 14, and scores 0 + 0 = 0


--Matthew Grieco