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[Dixonary] Round 2306 new word SEPLASIARY

Millie Morgan — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:00:16 GMT

Good morning everyone.
The word for Round 2306 is

** SEPLASIARY **

If you know the word, please let me know soon;
if too many of you know it, I'll choose another.

Please email your fabrications to me at milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com before the
deadline:

10:00pm Sun 20th May Melbourne
5:00am Sun 20th May PDT
7:00am Sun 20th May CDT
8:00am Sun 20th May EDT
1:00pm Sun 20th May BST
2:00pm Sun 20th May CEST

New players are very welcome
Full rules can be viewed at http://www.dixonary.net

Best wishes
Millie

ROUND 2305 TOTAL SCORES

mshefler — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:08:41 GMT

Code:

Total Scores Through Round 2305



 CUNNINGHAM, D             5125 

 SAVAGE, T                 4492 

 CROM, S                   4462 

 SHEFLER, M                4302 

 CARSON, C                 4286 

 LODGE, T                  3638 

 SCHULTZ, D                3626 

 EMERY, C                  3115 

 KEATING, P                2942 

 WIDDIS, D                 2784 

 BARRS, J                  1673 

 BOURNE, T                 1521 

 HART, J                   1481 

 SHEPHERDSON, N            1472 

 MADNICK, J                1464 

 ABELL, T                  1407 

 STEVENS, G                1207 

 BENSBURG, B               1128 

 KORNELIS, H                856 

 WELTZ, D                   710 

 MORGAN, M                  647 

 DIXON, S                   460 

 WETZSTEIN, F               429 

 GRIECO, M                  268 

 HALE, K                    208 

 GRAHAM, S                  205 

 ZORBAS, J                   29 

 CHAWLA, I                    0

Round 2305 rolling scores

mshefler — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:05:42 GMT

Code:

                      5-Round 4-Rnd  Round    Round    Round    Round    Round

 Player                 TOTAL         2301     2302     2303     2304     2305

 -------------------  -------      -------  -------  -------  -------  -------

 Morgan, M...............  19  14     5        3        6*     D 3        5

 Emery, C................  19  17     2       10      D 2        3        4

 Carson, C...............  15   8     7*     D 2        0        8      D 6

 Weltz, D................  14  13     1        3        5        1        4*

 Lodge, T................  14  13     1        4        4*       2        3*

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Shefler, M..............  13   9     4        0        3        2*       4

 Hart, J.................  12  10     2        2                 7        1

 Bourne, T...............  12   8     4        0        2        3*       3*

 Graham, S...............  11  10     1        1        0        5        4

 Dixon, S................  10   7     3        2        2        1        2*

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Cunningham, D...........   9   9              1        3        1        4

 Bensburg, B.............   9   7     2        1        1        1        4*

 Widdis, D...............   8   7     1        0        4        2        1

 Schultz, D..............   8   6     2        3        2        0        1

 Hale, K.................   8   5     3        1        2        2*       0

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Abell, T................   7   6     1        0        2        1        3*

 Zorbas, J...............   6   6     0        2*       1        1        2

 Keating, P..............   4   0     4*

 Stevens, G..............   3   2     1        0        1        0        1

 Shepherdson, N..........   3   3     0        3        0

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Crom, S.................   2   2     0        2*       0        0        0

 Barrs, J................   2   1  DQ 1        1     DQ 0     DQ 0        0

 Madnick, J..............   1   1   D 2        1        0        0        0

 Wetzstein, F............   0   0     0                 0                 0

 Savage, T...............   0   0     0

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Grieco, M...............   0   0                                0

[Dixonary] Round 2305: Yorgan - Final Posting

Christopher Carson — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:45:11 GMT

The winner of round 2305 and new dealer is Millie Morgan, whose definition
"_Obs._ One who blows the ashes or fire; a term of reproach among northern
nations for an unwarlike fellow who stayed at home in the chimney-corner."
earned a natural 5 .

There were 6 players in coveted second place with 4 points each:
BBensburg (AT) cfl (DOT) rr.com, Dave Cunningham, Chuck Emery, Steve Graham, Mike
Shefler and Dick Weltz.

The true definition was 13: "A quilt." (OED 2nd.), which 6 perceptive
players guessed.

1. (Also _jorgan_) A longbow; an archer. Votes from: Hale, Hart,
Madnick and Schultz
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 4.

2. A small cottage. Vote from: Bourne
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 1.

3. A pirate vessel of the early 18th century, esp. one
plying Caribbean waters. Vote from: Dixon
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.

4. A motorized three-wheeled vehicle. Votes from: Morgan and
Stevens
Submitted by: BBensburg, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.

5. A type of Ottoman knife or short sabre used from the
mid-16th to late 19th centuries. Votes from: Crom, Graham,
Madnick and Wetzstein
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 4.

6. _Obs._ One who blows the ashes or fire; a term of
reproach among northern nations for an unwarlike fellow who
stayed at home in the chimney-corner. Votes from: Cunningham,
Graham, Hale, Shefler and
Widdis
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores natural 5.

7. A semi-arid biome typical of the area surrounding the
Caspian Sea. Vote from: Barrs
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

8. A style of portable camping hut or tent with a closable
center skylight. Votes from: Crom and slickjimz
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.

9. A kind of cheese made from goat milk. Vote from: Wetzstein
Submitted by: Abell, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

10. Council Chamber used by Shoshone Indians. Votes from: Stevens
and Weltz
Submitted by: slickjimz, who scores natural 2.

11. A mountain peak in Southeast Asia more commonly called
"Dragon's Tooth". No votes
Submitted by: Hale.

12. An application to the eye, usually an eyewater. Vote from:
BBensburg
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.

13. A quilt. Votes from: Abell, BBensburg, Bourne, Dixon, Lodge
and Weltz Real definition from OED 2nd.

14. A New Yorker transplanted to Oregon. Votes from: Abell, Barrs,
Shefler and Widdis
Submitted by: Graham, who scores natural 4.

15. A species of flowering tree in the mulberry family,
Moraceae, growing throughout Southeast Asia and most
Pacific Ocean islands. Vote from: Lodge
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 1.

16. A softwood from South America. Vote from: Hart
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

17. A horse-pulled litter made with two poles and a blanket. Votes
from: Cunningham, Morgan, Schultz and slickjimz
Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 4.

18. A lobe-finned fish long thought to be extinct. No votes
Submitted by: Madnick.

19. The individual skins that when sewn together make up
the covering of a yurt. No votes
Submitted by: Barrs.

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

[Dixonary] Round 2305: Yorgan - Definition List

Christopher Carson — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:02:28 GMT

I haven't counted, but it seems to me that the off-topic replies to Yorgan
now outnumber the votes....

Perhaps a new subject is in order?

Steve Graham

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too
dark to read. Groucho Marx

-----Original Message-----
From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf
Of Hugo Kornelis
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 5:32 AM
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2305: Yorgan - Definition List

In that case, I am at a loss as to why you miss so many messages.

Maybe someone with more knowledge of the technical backgrounds of Google
Groups can chime in?

Op 18-5-2012 7:52, Tony Abell schreef:
> On 2012-05-17 at 18:04 Hugo Kornelis wrote:
>
>> If only some of them arrive, I suspect some sort of spam filter between
>> Google groups and your computer.
> That's the one thing I can be reasonably certain is not the case, as I
control
> the receiving server, which communicates directly with Google's servers.
There
> is no spam filtering of this account. That's also why I want to continue
using
> the email address I do--I don't have to worry about losing messages to
> mysterious spam filters.
>
> Unfortunately, there are other ways messages can go astray or never be
sent,
> as we have seen.
>
>

[Dixonary] Round 2305: Yorgan - Progress Report

Christopher Carson — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:16:12 GMT

Rofl. You must be a fan of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip.

Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2012, at 7:21 AM, Jim Hart wrote:

> Flipside of MYLOS
>
> nad
> jim
>

[Dixonary] Round 2305: Yorgan - Announcement

Christopher Carson — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:59:04 GMT

The word for round 2305 is

*
***
*****
*******
*********
*********** Y O R G A N
*********
*******
*****
***
*

Capitalization is not significant.

Please submit your fake definitions for this word, by _email_, on or
before the deadline, which is:

8:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, or 5:00 AM PDT ., or for the
International Set 1:00 PM BST .

If you are DQ, please advise promptly so I can find a replacement.

Round 2304 rolling scores

mshefler — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:02:22 GMT

Code:

                      5-Round 4-Rnd  Round    Round    Round    Round    Round

 Player                 TOTAL         2300     2301     2302     2303     2304

 -------------------  -------      -------  -------  -------  -------  -------

 Emery, C................  19  15     4        2       10      D 2        3

 Morgan, M...............  17  14     3        5        3        6*     D 3

 Carson, C...............  16  15     1        7*     D 2        0        8

 Weltz, D................  14  10     4*       1        3        5        1

 Hart, J.................  14  11     3*       2        2                 7

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Lodge, T................  12  11     1        1        4        4*       2

 Shefler, M..............  10   9     1        4        0        3        2*

 Dixon, S................   9   8     1        3        2        2        1

 Bourne, T...............   9   9     0        4        0        2        3*

 Widdis, D...............   8   7  DQ 1        1        0        4        2

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Schultz, D..............   8   7  DQ 1        2        3        2        0

 Hale, K.................   8   8     0        3        1        2        2*

 Zorbas, J...............   7   4     3        0        2*       1        1

 Graham, S...............   7   7   D 3        1        1        0        5

 Bensburg, B.............   7   5     2        2        1        1        1

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Stevens, G..............   5   2     3        1        0        1        0

 Madnick, J..............   5   1     4      D 2        1        0        0

 Keating, P..............   5   4     1        4*

 Cunningham, D...........   5   5                       1        3        1

 Abell, T................   5   4     1        1        0        2        1

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Shepherdson, N..........   4   3     1        0        3        0

 Barrs, J................   4   2     2*    DQ 1        1     DQ 0     DQ 0

 Crom, S.................   2   2              0        2*       0        0

 Wetzstein, F............   0   0     0        0                 0

 Savage, T...............   0   0              0

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Grieco, M...............   0   0                                         0

[Dixonary] Round 2304 results

Millie Morgan — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:53:32 GMT

Ouch! With the Mother's Day festivities today I am just learning of my fate this round so I am going to miss the normal 24 hour deadline due to a meeting omg the morning. New word probably tomorrow afternoon.

Chris
Dealah Elect

Sent from my iPhone

On May 13, 2012, at 9:53 AM, "Millie Morgan" wrote:

> The winner for this round is Chris Carson with 8 natural points, followed closely by Jim Hart with 7
> Keith, Mike S. and Tim B. correctly identified No.11 (the regions of mass concentration) as the OED definition.
>
> Congratulations Chris; over to you again!
> All the best
> Millie
>
>
> ** MASCON **
>
> 1: a ceremonial dish
> Voted for by: Matthew Grieco
> FROM Steve Dixon who voted 4 and 18, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
> 2: a professional protester
> Voted for by nobody
> FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 8 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
> 3: extinct doglike marsupial of Tasmania
> Voted for by nobody
> FROM Judy Madnick who voted 14 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
> 4: a hypothetical type of propulsion for space vehicles
> Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Steve Dixon
> FROM Tim Lodge who didn't vote, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
>
> 5: a type of glazed almond cookie popular during the reign of Louis XIV
> Voted for by nobody
> FROM Mike Shefler who voted 9 and *11*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
>
> 6: nodules on juvenile male testes which disappear when they become functional
> Voted for by nobody
> FROM Johnny Barrs who DQ'ed, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
> 7: The picture on a book frontispiece that identifies the publishing house that printed that book
> Voted for by: Tony Abell
> FROM Jim Zorbas who voted 9 and 16, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
> 8: A special adhesive able to withstand wide variations in temperature. Developed for the U.S. space program
> Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Guerri Stevens, Jim Hart, Dodi Schultz, Keith Hale
> FROM Steve Graham who voted 9 and 14, and scores 5 + 0 = 5
>
> 9: _Chiefly Southwestern U.S._ A flat arid valley surrounded by mountains and draining into a shallow central lake
> Voted for by: Steve Graham, Mike Shefler, Jim Hart, Jim Zorbas, Dan Widdis, Chuck Emery, Matthew Grieco, Scott Crom
> FROM Chris Carson who voted 14 and 16, and scores 8 + 0 = 8
>
> 10: a mode of operating devices, commonly used in training, in which one or more slave devices are operated by a master device; from MASter-Control
> Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
> FROM Tim Bourne who voted 8 and *11*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
>
> 11: Any of the regions of denser material thought to exist under some lunar maria, discovered as a result of the variations they produce in the speed of satellites orbiting the moon
> Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler, Keith Hale
> FROM OED which can't vote, and scores D3
>
> 12: One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth
> Voted for by: Guerri Stevens, Scott Crom
> FROM Dan Widdis who voted 9 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
>
> 13: [Military] a type of nuclear weapon used primarily to inflict casualties (euphemism for _Mass Conversion_)
> Voted for by: Dick Weltz
> FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 4 and 10, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
> 14: a flightless parrot belonging to the nestorinae family, native to New Zealand
> Voted for by: Chris Carson, Steve Graham, Judy Madnick, Dick Weltz, Bill Bensburg, Chuck Emery, Tony Abell
> FROM Jim Hart who voted 8 and 9, and scores 7 + 0 = 7
>
> 15: a bird with a hooked bill and brightly colored feathers
> Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Bill Bensburg
> FROM Bill Bensburg who voted 14 and (15), and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
> 16: beaten egg whites with sugar and cinnamon
> Voted for by: Chris Carson, Jim Zorbas, Dan Widdis
> FROM Chuck Emery who voted 9 and 14, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
>
> 17: [Obs.] apprentice to a gamekeeper
> Voted for by nobody
> FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 8 and 19, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
> 18: a newborn male bilby
> Voted for by: Steve Dixon
> FROM Dick Weltz who voted 13 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
> 19: Any large horse
> Voted for by: Dodi Schultz
> FROM Tony Abell who voted 7 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
>
> No def
> FROM Keith Hale who voted 8 and *11*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
>
> No def
> FROM Matthew Grieco who voted 1 and 9, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
> No def
> FROM Scott Crom who voted 9 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
>
>

[Dixonary] Round 2304 ... it's time to vote

scott crom — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:12:17 GMT

I'll have 9 and 12, please.

Scott

[Dixonary] OT: Email play not working for me

Tony Abell — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:03:32 GMT

Odd. This message arrived in email, so I can reply in thread. Maybe the
problem is fixed, or maybe it's just 90% broken.

------------------------------------------
On 2012-05-12 at 14:03 Tony Abell wrote:

> On 2012-05-12 at 11:34 AM Dodi Schultz wrote:

>> I also play by e-mail and have received everything this round, so I don't
>> think it's the fault of either the dealer or GooGroups this time. Could be
>> your ISP, Tony? Or maybe something in your own setup that was malfunctioning
>> but has now recovered?

> I have to post this reply as a new message, since I cannot reply to a message
> I haven't received in my email. (Please note that if I post a reply directly
> on the web site, it will go into the moderation queue, since I'm logged on
> there with a different ID.)

> The problem is not my ISP. It is Google Groups. At this point it has stopped
> sending me ANY messages at all from the group. However, I can still post
> messages via email to the group.

> The thing is, I have no way to check or change the settings. I never set up
> any credentials for Dixonary on Google Groups. Someone else (a moderator?) had
> to have added me to the mailing list using this email address (which is ONLY
> used for Dixonary).

> If a group/list moderator can't see what's wrong with my subscription, we'll
> have to try something else.

[Dixonary] Round 2304 ... it's time to vote

Millie Morgan — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:54:35 GMT

Just in time I hope: 8 and 9 please.

And so to bed.

Jim

[Dixonary] Round 2304 MASCON progress

Millie Morgan — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:58 GMT

With 11 hours to go before the deadline, milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com has received 11 definitions for MASCON from:

Johnny Barrs, Bill Bensburg, Tim Bourne, Chris Carson, Steve Graham, Jim Hart, Tim Lodge, Judy Madnick, Mike Shefler, Guerri Stevens, and Dick Weltz

Best wishes,

Millie

Round 2303 Rolling Scores

mshefler — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:28:36 GMT

Code:

                      5-Round 4-Rnd  Round    Round    Round    Round    Round

 Player                 TOTAL         2299     2300     2301     2302     2303

 -------------------  -------      -------  -------  -------  -------  -------

 Morgan, M...............  20  17     3*       3        5        3        6*

 Emery, C................  17  16     1        4        2       10      D 2

 Weltz, D................  14  13     1        4*       1        3        5

 Lodge, T................  12  10     2        1        1        4        4*

 Shefler, M..............  11   8     3        1        4        0        3

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Dixon, S................  10   8     2        1        3        2        2

 Carson, C...............   9   8     1        1        7*     D 2        0

 Zorbas, J...............   8   6     2        3        0        2*       1

 Widdis, D...............   8   6     2     DQ 1        1        0        4

 Stevens, G..............   8   5     3        3        1        0        1

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Schultz, D..............   8   8   D 1     DQ 1        2        3        2

 Madnick, J..............   8   5     3        4      D 2        1        0

 Hale, K.................   8   6     2        0        3        1        2

 Shepherdson, N..........   7   4     3        1        0        3        0

 Hart, J.................   7   7              3*       2        2

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Graham, S...............   7   2     5      D 3        1        1        0

 Bourne, T...............   7   6     1        0        4        0        2

 Keating, P..............   6   5     1        1        4*

 Bensburg, B.............   6   6              2        2        1        1

 Barrs, J................   5   4  DQ 1        2*    DQ 1        1     DQ 0

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Abell, T................   5   4     1        1        1        0        2

 Cunningham, D...........   4   4                                1        3

 Grieco, M...............   2   0     2

 Crom, S.................   2   2     0                 0        2*       0

 Wetzstein, F............   0   0     0        0        0                 0

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Savage, T...............   0   0     0                 0

[Dixonary] Round 2304 new word MASCON

Millie Morgan — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:04:31 GMT

The Word for Round 2304 is

* M A S C O N *

If you know the word, please let me know asap;
if too many of you know it, I'll choose another.

Please email your daffynitions to me at milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com before the
deadline:

10:00am Sat 12th May Melbourne
5:00pm Fri 11th May PDT
7:00pm Fri 11th May CDT
8:00pm Fri 11th May EDT
1:00am Sat 12th May BST
2:00am Sat 12th May CEST

New players are very welcome.
Full rules can be viewed at http://www.dixonary.net

Best wishes,
Millie