Round 3151 results

Mike Shefler

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Mar 18, 2021, 4:14:50 PM3/18/21

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Annnd, the runaway winner is Tim Lodge, with a natural 7. Nancy Shepherdson is in the coveted runner-up position.

1. [Mech.] a pipe fitting with four branches, the axes of which usually

form a right angle.

Submitter: Widdis Votes: 5 & 7 0 + 1 = 1

Voted for by: Fein

2. [Scot.] a burdensome duty or moral obligation.

Submitter: Keating Vote: N/V 0 + 3 = 3

Voted for by: Naylor; Lodge; Shepherdson

3. a hinderer of pleasure.

Submitter: Naylor Votes: 2 & 5 0 + 1 = 1

Voted for by: Emallach

4. [East Anglian] a puddle [fr. Anglo-Dutch ploote].

Submitter: Barrs Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 3 = 3

Voted for by: Bourne; Madnick; Emallach

5. [Scot.] heavy rain; foul weather.

Submitter: Lodge Votes: 2 & 9 0 + 7 = 7

Voted for by: Widdis; Naylor; Barrs; Bourne; Madnick; Shepherdson;

Amallach

6. [OE] tiredness, exhaustion.

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

Voted for by: Mcgill

7. a dry variety of plums boasting an oblong sort of shape and

considered to be an "ancient domesticated species."

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

Voted for by: Widdis

8. [Her.] divided into equal segments of alternating color by lines

radiating from a central point.

Submitter: Emallach Votes: 3 & 4 0 + 0 = 0

Voted for by:

9. [Obs.] chronic lung congestion, characterized by cough or wheezing.

Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 2 & 5 0 + 6 = 6

Voted for by: Barrs; Lodge; Embler; Amallach; Fein; Mcgill

10. to cough up a hairball.

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

Voted for by: Embler

11. a long walking-stick.

Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D0

Voted for by:

No def: Embler Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Amallach Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Fein Votes: 1 & 9 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Mcgill Votes: 6 & 9 0 + 0 = 0

Johnb - co.uk

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Mar 18, 2021, 4:18:58 PM3/18/21

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Congrats on the D0

JohnnyB

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France International/Mike Shefler

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Mar 18, 2021, 4:22:27 PM3/18/21

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Thank you. It's a variant spelling of PLOUTE. Here's the full citation (from the English Dialect Dictionary):

PLOUTE, sb. iObs. n.Cy. Nhb. Also in form
pleught Nhb.' A long walking-stick.
N.Cy.' Generally used with the thick end downward) by foothunters.
Nhb. His leg plotted oure his j'ck pleught, Bewick
Tyneside Talfs (1850) ii ; Nhb.'

--Mike