I've only just seen the results (it's been a busy day), and I'll post a new
word shortly. I thought I'd make a comment about my def first.

BAFs, as we called them were a real thing: British Armed Forces Special
Vouchers. I created my def from memory, but I've discovered a description
of them at
https://rapc-association.org.uk/pay-...ww2/bafsv.html. I
remember using them on trips to Germany in the 1960s. By the time I was
based there for several years, they'd been phased out. We still had petrol
(gas) vouchers - very useful during the oil crisis in the mid-1970s.

-- Tim L

On Tuesday, 19 July 2022 at 14:44:47 UTC+1 efrem.... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

> Good morning, afternoon, or whatever it is when and where you read this!
>
> First, a few random notes:
>
> 1. The "patent leather" definition of FINEER that earned(?) me this deal
> was my second definition of that word. My first def (never mind what it
> was, I might want to use it again) would, IMHO, not have done nearly as
> well. Why couldn't I leave well enough alone?
>
> 2. Judy's vote, for some reason, never made it to the group. When I asked
> her about voting about 12 hours ago, knowing that she is normally among the
> first we hear from, she sent it to me by regular email. She also referred
> in passing to an email "catastrophe" she had had, saying that it has since
> been fixed. Perhaps it was a casualty of that catastrophe. In any case, her
> vote is included below even though you didn't see it.
>
> 3. Tim Lodge reminded me (for the second time!) when he sent his def that
> he owes me a deal. For some reason I keep repressing that memory.
> Masochism, perhaps. Anyhow, if anyone who reads this catches me trying to
> deal again, please don't let me. (Once.)
>
> And now to the results.
>
> The meaning of BAFT is, according to my dictionary, "A coarse cotton
> fabric of Asian manufacture, similar to muslin." John Barrs submitted
> definition #5 below, "A coarse cotton-based fabric." They were so similar
> that they had to be combined. I left John's untouched to represent both, so
> a vote for #5 gave John a point and also counted as correct. Three people
> voted for it, giving me a D3.
>
> In what may be a case of "be careful what you wish for, you may get it" or
> "no good deed goes unpunished," Tim Lodge gets the deal one round later
> than he tried to. His British currency in occupied post-WW II Germany got
> five votes and earns him that task hono(u)r - despite his inadvertently
> disqualifying himself as he described in an email to the group. Dan Widdis
> narrowly avoided having the deal ping-pong back to him: he also scored five
> points, but two of them were from his vote for #5.
>
> The scores:
>
> 1. An absurdity. From Keating, P. who voted 4, 10. Voted for by: Embler,
> D.; Madnick, J.; Naylor, S. Score: 3.
>
> 2. A genomic clone. From Embler, D. who voted 1, *5*. Voted for by: None.
> Score: 2.
>
> 3. To plant firmly; establish. From Madnick, J. who voted 1, 10. Voted for
> by: Shefler, M. Score: 1.
>
> 4. [Scot.] disoriented; dizzy. From Shefler, M. who voted 3, *5*. Voted
> for by: Keating, P. Score: 3.
>
> 5. A coarse cotton based fabric. From Barrs, J. who voted 7, 10. Voted for
> by: Embler, D.; Shefler, M.; Widdis, D. Score: 3.
>
> 6. The shaft or handle of a scythe. From Naylor, S. who voted 1, 10. Voted
> for by: Fein, D. Score: 1.
>
> 7. 1. The stern of a ship. 2. The tail of an airplane. From Widdis, D. who
> voted *5*, 8. Voted for by: Barrs, J.; Fein, D.; Abell, T. Score: 5.
>
> 8. The upright or moving arm of the Kittredge knitting
> machine. From Mallach, A. who did not vote. Voted for by: Widdis, D.
> Score: 1.
>
> 9. [Med.] orig. a sickle, from the Latin; currently a curved scalpel. From
> Fein, D. who voted 6, 7. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.
>
> 10. A form of paper currency used by British forces occupying Germany
> after the Second World War (British Armed Forces Token) and discontinued in
> favor of the Deutsche Mark in 1959. From Lodge, T. who was DQ. Voted for
> by: Keating, P.; Madnick, J.; Barrs, J.; Naylor, S.; Abell, T. Score: 5.
>
> (No number) A coarse cotton fabric of Asian manufacture, similar to
> muslin. From Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Embler, D.;
> Shefler, M.; Widdis, D. Score: D3.
>
> No definition from Abell, T. who voted 7, 10. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.
>
> No definition from Bourne, T. who voted 1, 4. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.
>
> As a table, with tied scores retaining their definition list order:
>
>
> Efrem
>
>
>

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