Round 3101 results

[Mike Shefler]

Dan Widdis is the clear winner and next dealer. Johnny Barrs submitted a def that was so like the dictionary I combined them without altering Johnny's.

1.  [Carib.] an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, the leaves of which are

chewed to relieve pain.                                                       

  Submitter: Naylor                   Votes: 3 & 9        0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Mcgill; Barrs

2.  [Rus.] a hardy breed of pony from the northern Caucasus.

  Submitter: Keating                  Votes: 6 & 11       0 + 0 =   0

  Voted for by:                                                          

3.  warm and congenial; pleasant or friendly.

  Submitter: Madnick                  Votes: 5 & 10       0 + 3 =   3

  Voted for by: Naylor; Bourne; Embler

4.  [Scot.] a shepherd’s crook.

  Submitter: Lodge                    Votes: 5 & *7*      2 + 0 =   2

  Voted for by:                                                          

5.  (Scot.) a thick stew made of lamb hocks in a base of ground oats,

apples, rhubarb, and savory herbs.                                            

  Submitter: Mcgill                   Votes: 1 & 8        0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Madnick; Lodge

6.  empty (said of a drinking cup or glass).

  Submitter: Emallach                 Votes: *7* & 9      2 + 2 =   4

  Voted for by: Keating; Cunningham

7.  [Obs. N. Eng. Dialect] a straw skep for capturing and taking home a

swarm of bees.                                                                

  Submitter: Shefler                   Vote: N/A                   D4

  Submitter: Barrs                    Votes: 1 & 8        0 + 0 =   0

  Voted for by: Lodge; Emallach; Widdis; Amallach

8.  material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for walls,

fences, and the like.                                                         

  Submitter: Widdis                   Votes: *7* & 12     2 + 3 =   5

  Voted for by: Mcgill; Barrs; Embler

9.  [Scot.] bright, quick to learn.

  Submitter: Bourne                   Votes: 3 & 11       0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Naylor; Emallach

10.  a Russian stew or thick soup, made with potatoes, mushrooms and wild

field greens.                                                                 

  Submitter: Amallach                 Votes: *7* & 13     2 + 1 =   3

  Voted for by: Madnick

11.  a portal tomb.

  Submitter: Carson                    Vote: N/V          0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Keating; Bourne

12.  colonies of tiny aquatic animals resembling gelatinous balls normally

found attached to submerged tree limbs or logs in lakes a few feet            

below  the surface.                                                           

  Submitter: Embler                   Votes: 3 & 8        0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Widdis; Cunningham

13.  a large variety of sparrow.

  Submitter: Abell                     Vote: N/V          0 + 1 =   1

  Voted for by: Amallach

     No def: Cunningham               Votes: 6 & 12       0 + 0 =   0

[Debbie]

FYI my definition was inspired by the jelly balls I found attached to cable on our dock.

12.  colonies of tiny aquatic animals resembling gelatinous balls normally

found attached to submerged tree limbs or logs in lakes a few feet            

below  the surface.          

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[Johnb - co.uk]

Mike,

 if mine was combined with a D4 then don't I get 4?

JohnnyB

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

You're right. I don't know why Autodealer scored it that way.

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[Shani Naylor]

And do you know their real name Debbie?

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[Paul Keating]

Johnny

I think you do. 

From the "Real" Rules:

8(b) For each vote a combined definition receives, the dealer awards one point to each contributing author. 

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[Debbie]

Shani,

Bryozoans. 

https://www.killlakeweeds.com/blogs/aquacide-blog/10145281-healthy-pond-i-have-jelly-balls-in-my-pond

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[Shani Naylor]

Thanks  - I hope yours weren't as big as the one in the photo.

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[Paul Keating]

Autodealer was buggy about definitions combined with the real one. There was once a (not very specific) comment about that in The "Real" Rules, but I docked it ages ago, after Windows stopped supporting 16-bit applications.