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[Dixonary] Round 2825 SYCHT Results
The new dealer is Tony Abell, who got 6 votes for his optical distortion of
the sun or moon near the horizon (that's a phenomenon I remember from my celestial navigation days). The lucky runner up, and real winner, is Efrem Mallach with 5 votes for his Amish courtship style-cramping practice. Johnny Barrs and Dave Cunningham both guessed correctly that SYCHT (plural) are the front parts of a coat or gown. Over to you, Tony -- Tim L *** SYCHT *** 1. Named or called. Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: 9 & 13 Score: 1 + 0 = 1 Voted for by: Shani Naylor 2. fork-tailed gull. Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 8 & 9 Score: 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Nobody 3. The larva of the tent caterpillar. Submitter: Guerri Stevens Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 1 + 0 = 1 Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson 4. sight, especially that of a fortune teller. Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 7 & 12 Score: 1 + *2* = 3 Voted for by: Efrem Mallach 5. the catch mechanism on a child-safe bottle. Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 3 & 9 Score: 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Nobody 6. A] Bio-luminescent light. B] St. Elmo's light. Submitter: Keith Hale Votes: 9 & 11 Score: 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Nobody 7. _Sc. Obs._ The front parts of a gown, coat, etc. Submitter: OED Votes: - & - Score: 2 + 0 = 2 Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Johnny Barrs 8. a flash flood in a wadi or other usually dry stream bed. Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 9 & 13 Score: 1 + 0 = 1 Voted for by: Judy Madnick 9. The optical distortion of the sun or moon near the horizon. Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 10 & 13 Score: 6 + 0 = 6 Voted for by: Chris Carson, Judy Madnick, Nancy Shepherdson, Keith Hale, Mike Shefler, Dan Widdis 10. A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 9 & 13 Score: 2 + 0 = 2 Voted for by: Tony Abell, Johnny Barrs 11. A Polish unit of weight, equal to approx. 14 oz; the Polish pound. Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 1 & 13 Score: 1 + 0 = 1 Voted for by: Keith Hale 12. sight [AS/ME in Ælfric of Eynsham "Sermones Catholici" - 955-1010 - (a gloss on 2 Corinthians 2:5 "_*for we walke by faythe, not by sycht*_")] Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 7 & 10 Score: 2 + *2* = 4 Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Efrem Mallach 13. Amish courtship practice in which a couple sits in an open wagon, where they can be seen by the community but not overheard. (From West Central German sycht, "sight.") Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 4 & 12 Score: 5 + 0 = 5 Voted for by: Chris Carson, Mike Shefler, Tony Abell, Dan Widdis, Shani Naylor *Def* *Vote 1* *Vote 2* *Tot Votes* *Guess* *DP* *Score* Tony Abell 9 10 13 6 0 0 6 Efrem Mallach 13 4 12 5 0 0 5 Johnny Barrs 12 7 10 2 2 0 4 Dave Cunningham 4 7 12 1 2 0 3 OED 7 - - 2 0 0 2 Dan Widdis 10 9 13 2 0 0 2 Chris Carson 1 9 13 1 0 0 1 Guerri Stevens 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 Mike Shefler 8 9 13 1 0 0 1 Shani Naylor 11 1 13 1 0 0 1 Judy Madnick 2 8 9 0 0 0 0 Nancy Shepherdson 5 3 9 0 0 0 0 Keith Hale 6 9 11 0 0 0 0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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