Round 2997 results

[Mike Shefler]

Shani Naylor is the next dealer with an unnatural 5. Real winners are Dan Widdis and Judy Madnick with 4.

1.  a glass reflector placed near a window to increase the amount of

light getting in to a room.                                                   

  Submitter: Lodge                    Votes: 6 & 9        0 + 3 =   3

  Voted for by: Embler; Mallach; Widdis

2.  A handful.

  Submitter: Dictionary                Vote: N/A                   D4

  Voted for by: Embler; Naylor; Madnick; Abell

3.  the title of a priest in the office of the Melchizedek priesthood of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.                              

  Submitter: Embler                   Votes: 1 & *2*      2 + 0 =   2

  Voted for by:                                                          

4.  a European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander (Proteus anguinus) with

small eyes covered by skin.                                                   

  Submitter: Naylor                   Votes: *2* & 7      2 + 3 =   5

  Voted for by: Barrs; Cunningham; Stevens

5.  thin dry scales or scabs on the body; dandruff.

  Submitter: Mallach                  Votes: 1 & 7        0 + 1 =   1

  Voted for by: Barrs

6.  a small anchor, especially one made of a stone in a wooden frame.

  Submitter: Madnick                  Votes: *2* & 10     2 + 2 =   4

  Voted for by: Lodge; Widdis

7.  [Obs.] a chamber lamp or light.

  Submitter: Widdis                   Votes: 1 & 6        0 + 4 =   4

  Voted for by: Naylor; Mallach; Shepherdson; Abell

8.  any medicament intended to be applied to the skin.

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

  Voted for by: Cunningham; Stevens

9.  [Liverpool] 1. an expatriate Irishman; 2. any temporary labourer.

  Submitter: Barrs                    Votes: 4 & 5        0 + 1 =   1

  Voted for by: Lodge

10.  grandmotherly.

  Submitter: Cunningham               Votes: 4 & 8        0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Madnick; Shepherdson

     No def: Stevens                  Votes: 4 & 8        0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Shepherdson              Votes: 7 & 10       0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Abell                    Votes: *2* & 7      2 + 0 =   2

[Mike Shefler]

Sorry, that should be round 2996.

[Shani Naylor]

Hi all

Not a great round for your dealer - of the 10 players who voted, all but 2 picked the right def. Ah well, I thought SOUL SCOT seemed suitably vague and vaguely Scottish, which it wasn't. The winner this round is Efrem M, with 5 unnatural points, for his per-capita tax. Second place went jointly to Dan W & Johnny B.

Take it away Efrem.

 

1.       Any of several large Old World insectivorous bats of the genus _Nyctalus_.
Tim L, who voted 7 & *11. Score: 2

2.       A mildly hallucinogenic mushroom found in the Scottish highlands.
Mike S, who voted 8 & *11. Score: 3

Vote from Tim B.

3.       Any tax levied on a per-capita basis; e.g., a poll tax. 
Efrem M, who voted 5 & *11. Score: 5.
Votes from Dave C, Tony A & Johnny B.

4.       A member of a strict branch of the Presbyterian faith largely limited to the Western Isles.
Tim B, who voted 2 & *11. Score: 3

Vote from Dave C.

5.       The coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial, as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river Styx.
Dan W, who voted 10 & *11. Score: 4

Votes from Debbie E & Efrem M.

6.       Reel-like Scottish dance of moderate tempo.
Judy M, who voted 7 & 10. Score: 0

7.       A type of spur.
Guerri S. Score: 2
Votes from Tim L & Judy M.

8.       One who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune.
Debbie E, who voted 5 & *11. Score: 3.

Vote from Mike S.

9.       A Presbyterian (Church of Scotland) adherent to the full Westminster Confession of Faith (Church of England), a High Church of Scotland member. 
Dave C, who voted 3 & 4. Score: 0

10.   A fishwife; not only foul-mouthed but with a bad-temper - prickly like the Scottish Thistle.
Johnny B, who voted 3 & *11. Score: 4
Votes from Dan W & Judy M.

11.   A mortuary fee or present paid to the clergy from a deceased's estate.
MW. D8!

Votes from Tim L, Dan W, Tony A, Johnny B, Tim B, Mike S, Debbie E & Efrem M.

No def: Tony A, who voted 3 & *11. Score: 2

[Efrem G Mallach]

This comes as a bit of a surprise, perhaps because I didn't keep track of things. New word by mid-afternoon eastern U.S. time (about six hours from now, give or take). Defining time will be a bit longer than normal, until Sunday evening eastern U.S. time, when we get home from visiting friends in a remote area with next to zero Internet access over the weekend. 

Efrem

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