Round 3044 SPARSILE Results

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Tim Lodge

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Jan 23, 2020, 4:56:31 AM1/23/20
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Four of you homed in on the true defination of SPARSILE, of a star not in a constellation, putting the Oxford English Dictionary clear ahead.  Unfortunately, the dictionary is not available to deal, so that honour falls to either Judy Madnick or Shani Naylor, both of whom scored 4 including 2 points for guessing correctly.  Shani is ahead in the rolling scores, so she takes the next deal.

Over to you, Shani!

--  Tim L


 *** SPARSILE ***

1.  A picket fence.              
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0
Voted for by: Nobody              

 2.  Open to change.              
Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 3  + 0 + 0  = 3
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler        

 3.  Of a star: Not included in any constellation.           
Submitter:  OED  Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 4  + 0 + 0  = 4
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Judy Madnick, Dan Widdis, Shani Naylor      

 4.  [Bot.] Having a hard sheath surrounding the stem.         
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 2 & 11 Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = 2
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Tim Bourne           

 5.  In weaving, the cord or wire through which each thread is passed into the warp.  
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 8 & 10 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0
Voted for by: Nobody              

 6.  a rocky grass covered islet completely covered only at spring high-tides and storms.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 3 & 12 Score: 1  + *2* + 0  = 3
Voted for by: Judy Madnick             

 7.  _Naut._    (_var._ of  "Sparsail" q.v.,)   a sail with two sheets set at the stern of a dinghy.
Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 4 & 11 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0
Voted for by: Nobody              

 8.  To spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure after being stretched or compressed.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 3 & 6 Score: 2  + *2* + 0  = 4
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Mike Shefler            

 9.  a form of rigging in which a sail's angle of attack can be changed by adjusting sheets attached to its spar.
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 2 & 4 Score: 1  + 0 + 0  = 1
Voted for by: Shani Naylor             

10.  (Typog.) a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 3 & 12 Score: 1  + *2* + 0  = 3
Voted for by: Debbie Embler             

11.  a class of goods manufactured from flexible materials, mainly used in 17th century shipping manifests and rarely seen thereafter.
Submitter: Ryan McGill Votes: 2 & 8 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Dave Cunningham           

12.  A sudden shift or slippage of the strata in a mine, often caused by the collapse of a supporting pillar; a mining incident or accident caused by this.
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 3 & 9 Score: 2  + *2* + 0  = 4
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis            

No Def: Mike Shefler Votes: 2 & 8 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0



Def Vote 1 Vote 2 Tot Votes Guess DP Score









 OED 3 - 4 0 0 4
Judy Madnick 8 3 6 2 2 0 4 *
Shani Naylor 12 3 9 2 2 0 4 *
Chris Carson 2 0 0 3 0 0 3
Johnny Barrs 6 3 12 1 2 0 3 *
Dan Widdis 10 3 12 1 2 0 3 *
Efrem Mallach 4 2 11 2 0 0 2
Ryan McGill 11 0 0 2 0 0 2
Tim Bourne 9 2 4 1 0 0 1
Tony Abell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Debbie Embler 5 8 10 0 0 0 0
Dave Cunningham 7 4 11 0 0 0 0
Mike Shefler 13 2 8 0 0 0 0

Judy Madnick

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Jan 23, 2020, 7:15:46 AM1/23/20
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Whew...yet another close call!

Judy

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Ryan McGill

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Jan 23, 2020, 2:16:38 PM1/23/20
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Hey Tim. I didn't vote. Not sure whose votes are in my spot, but it looks like maybe Shefler's.

Ryan McGill

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Jan 23, 2020, 2:18:50 PM1/23/20
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And somehow, I ended up with a score of 0 despite getting 2 votes.

Tim Lodge

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Jan 23, 2020, 4:11:21 PM1/23/20
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Ryan

Sorry, I must have accidentally deleted a complete line in my scoring spreadsheet a few rounds ago, and I'm still debugging the resulting errors.   Here's your score line again:

11.  a class of goods manufactured from flexible materials, mainly used in 17th century shipping manifests and rarely seen thereafter.

Submitter: Ryan McGill Votes: - & - Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = 2
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Dave Cunningham    
 


The summary table was correct, as were the names of the people who voted for you - the spreadsheet just didn't pick up the resulting votes. 


I think everything else is right.


--  Tim L  

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