[Dixonary] Round 2893 (AMADAVAT) results

[Efrem G Mallach]

Fellow players,

After a few rounds, the deal returns to Nancy Shepherdson for her unaware Hebrew incompetent (#12) with five points. Second place and traditional "winnah" honors are shared by Dave Cunningham (#5), Ryan McGill (#7) and Mike Shefler (#10), with three points each.

Should anyone be curious, this is an amadavat:

Full results:

1. a former lover. From Lodge, T. who voted 3, 10. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

2. a financially unreliable bank. From Stevens, G. who voted 4, 12. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

3. an unfavorable remark; a criticism. From Carson, C. who did not vote. Voted for by: Lodge, T. Score: 1.

4. a person who maintains another's wardrobe. From Abell, T. who did not vote. Voted for by: Stevens, G.; Shefler, M. Score: 2.

5. a small coin of Assam from the 16th century. From Cunningham, D. who voted *6*, 11. Voted for by: Naylor, S. Score: 3.

6. the strawberry finch, also known as the red waxbill. From Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Cunningham, D.; Shepherdson, N. Score: D2.

7. a Moroccan beverage made from twice-fermented loquat fruit. From McGill, R. who voted 10, 12. Voted for by: Madnick, J.; Bourne, T.; Widdis, D. Score: 3.

8. prolonged complaint; angry or cautionary harangue; lamentation. From Madnick, J. who voted 7, 15. Voted for by: Hale, K. Score: 1.

9. in pre-Imperial India, a roadside lodging-house managed by the local ruler. From Bourne, T. who voted 7, 15. Voted for by: Naylor, S. Score: 1.

10. a special sect of Buddhism open only to Thai royalty; a priest of that sect. From Shefler, M. who voted 4, 12. Voted for by: Lodge, T.; McGill, R.; Shepherdson, N. Score: 3.

11. a kind of household vessel for brewing beer or storing water. [Fr. "a dame vat"] From Barrs, J. who was DQ. Voted for by: Cunningham, D.; Widdis, D. Score: 2.

12. [Heb.] someone who is certain they are competent to do something when they are not. From Shepherdson, N. who voted *6*, 10. Voted for by: Stevens, G.; McGill, R.; Shefler, M. Score: 5.

13. a sailing navigation instrument that measures wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity and wind chill. From Dixon, S. who did not vote. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

14. liable to impression from without; easily affected; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate. From Widdis, D. who voted 7, 11. Voted for by: Hale, K. Score: 1.

15. a decorative edging of cut work or vandyking, esp. on a collar, sleeve, or ruff. Also: a type of wide collar decorated in this way, fashionable in the early 17th cent. From Naylor, S. who voted 5, 9. Voted for by: Madnick, J.; Bourne, T. Score: 2.

No definition from Hale, K. who voted 8, 14. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.

And a Happy Mother's Day to anyone who is, has, or once had a mother.

It's all yours, Nancy!

Efrem

P.S. While Tony Abell got the original call for definitions - he must have, he submitted one - the voting list was returned as undeliverable for three tries plus one by Google Groups. Does anyone know of a problem there or have an alternate email address for him?

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[Stephen Dixon]

"Voted for by: None"

That's grim. I thought I heard a deep-voiced bell toll.

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[Shani Naylor]

Has Has anyone heard from Nancy? 

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[Efrem Mallach]

Not here. 

Efrem 

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On May 14, 2018, at 3:09 PM, Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:

Has Has anyone heard from Nancy? 

On 14/05/2018 2:24 AM, "Efrem G Mallach" <emal...@verizon.net> wrote:

Fellow players,

After a few rounds, the deal returns to Nancy Shepherdson for her unaware Hebrew incompetent (#12) with five points. Second place and traditional "winnah" honors are shared by Dave Cunningham (#5), Ryan McGill (#7) and Mike Shefler (#10), with three points each.

Should anyone be curious, this is an amadavat:

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[Ryan McGill]

Are we using the right email for her? I had that problem a couple times before.

[Shani Naylor]

Given the time that has elapsed  (more than 24 hours), should one of the second place getters step in and deal so we can keep up the momentum?

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[Ryan McGill]

I don't really know.

I don't have one prepared, but I can poke around and see if I can find one (and get dinner done and kids to bed) within the next 4 hours. If not by then, maybe someone else can take the baton?

So the question of the eve: is this a relay or a race?

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[Efrem G Mallach]

If we sort the three runners-up by the usual tie-breaking rules, Dave Cunningham brings up the rear as two of his points were from voting for the correct definition of "amadavat" while Mike's and Ryan's scores were natural. Between them, Mike would come first because he is ahead of Ryan in the rolling scores. Therefore, if Nancy is unavailable, the rules (as I understand them) give Mike the deal. 

However, I think it would be nice to try to contact her some other way if someone knows how. Maybe she's just temporarily offline.

Efrem

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[Ryan McGill]

Oh yeah. Forgot about tie-breaking rules.

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

Tim Bourne owes me a deal. If he could take over I'd appreciate it (passing the buck).

--Mike

[Tim Bourne]

> Tim Bourne owes me a deal. If he could take over I'd appreciate it (passing the buck).

I would happily have done so, Mike, but I see Nancy has returned.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[nancygoat]

It was inevitable.  This is a defintion drawn from my own life at the moment, although the person in question does not speak Hebrew.

"unaware Hebrew incompetent (#12)"

and I'm a birder, although I had never heard of this fellow.

[Efrem G Mallach]

Nancy,

Have you heard of it as the strawberry finch or the red waxbill? It's called the amadavat in India. It probably has still more names in other places.

Efrem

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