Rnd 3134 Results

[Johnb - co.uk]

Well, nearly the last def submitted was Efrem which was very near the true def but I decided that it was sufficiently different to keep them separate - I |(#6) received a D5 while Efrem scored an unnatural 9  which gives him the next deal and Dave C is the real winnah

Thanks for the answer to crayfish... I guess over here our problem is that your nasty crawfish outcompete our nice crayfish and ours are becoming rarer - linguistically both forms have been known since AngloNorman times - here is a note from OED (make of it what you will)
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In Southern Middle English the second syllable was naturally confounded with vish (written viss in Ayenbite), ‘fish’; whence the corrupted forms under β and γ, and the later crey-, cray-fish. The variants in cra- go back to Anglo-Norman when the stress was still on second syllable, and the first liable to vary between cre- and cra-; they are the origin of the modern craw-fish, now used chiefly in U.S.

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Over to you Efrem

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JohnnyB

1              rounded by glacial action into a shape likened to a sheep's back           submitted by Judy M          who voted for 6*,11                    score 2*          

2              [Nautical] a block having a hole in one side to receive the bight of a rope           submitted by Tim L          who voted for 3,12          received votes from Ryan Mc          score 1          

3              Apparently a former Hindu funerary rite           submitted by Dave C          who voted for 6*,9          received votes from Paul K, Tim B, Mike S,Tony A, Tim L          score 7*          

4              a crude double-headed polearm with a blunted spearhead at one end and a gisarme or war-scythe at the other          submitted by Ryan Mc          who voted for 2,7                     score 0          

5              a fordable river crossing [Pawnee]           submitted by Tim B          who voted for 3,10          received votes from Debbie E, Deborah F          score 2          

6              a fine heavy and stout silk and cotton satin of East India used for quilts and upholstery. I           submitted by Wikipedia see OED          which cannot vote          Jreceived votes from udy M, Alan M, Shani M, Dave C, Efrem M          score me D5          

7              a single-masted settee used by Arab traders in the 15th and 16th centuries           submitted by Mike S          who voted for 3,12          received votes from Ryan Mc          score 1          

8              a lady. Also used as a title of courtesy. [Persian]           submitted by Paul K          who voted for 3,11          received votes from Nancy S          score 1          

9              (West Indies, 19th cent.) A fast dance characteri submitted by ed by jumping and slashing movements, associated with the sugar cane harvest           submitted by Alan E          who voted for 6*,13          received votes from Debbie E, Dave C          score 4*          

10              a short clay pipe           submitted by Nancy S          who voted for 8,11          received votes from Tim B, Efrem M          score 2          

11              a homespun cotton fabric woven in the Indian subcontinent           submitted by Efrem M          who voted for 6*,10          received votes from Paul K, Judy M, Deborah F, Nancy S, Shani N, Dan W          score 9*          

12              (Zool.) (a) The sauger. (b) The li submitted by ard fish           submitted by Dan W          who voted for 11,13          received votes from Mike S, Tim L          score 2          

13              a method for transferring designs onto fabrics using a fine powder, made from ground charcoal, chalk dust or powdered crayfish shell, which is dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface           submitted by Shani N          who voted for 6*,11          received votes from Tony A, Dan W          score 4          

Debbie E              *** no Def submitted ***                            who voted for 5,9                             score 0          

Deborah F              *** no Def submitted ***                            who voted for 5,11                             score 0          

Tony A              *** no Def submitted ***                            who voted for 3,13                             score 0          

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Efrem M	9*
Dave C	7*
Shani N	4
Alan E	4*
Tim B	2
Nancy S	2
Dan W	2
Judy M	2*
Tim L	1
Mike S	1
Paul K	1
Ryan Mc	0
JohnnyB Wikipedia see OED	D5

 

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[Hero’s fall Cunningham]

And in Florida and much of the south, "crawdads" are served.

Dave    

[Efrem G Mallach]

Thanks, I think.

However, I think my score is 8, not 9. I count six names below: Paul, Judy, Deb F., Nancy, Shani, and  Dan. That matches the running total I kept as the votes came in. So, this isn't a total surprise, though I was tied with Dave when I went to bed last night. Dan's vote came in at the end to settle things. I would have had the next deal on a rolling-score tiebreaker anyhow, so the additional point is welcome. (Of course, until this list showed up I had no idea who I was tied with, if that player had also voted correctly, or where he/she was in the rolling scores.)

New word coming soon. Definitions will be due late Saturday evening US Eastern time.

Efrem

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