Round 3587: BEAR'S GREASE results!

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Bear's grease (also bear grease, or bear's oil) is simply defined by Merriam-Webster as the rendered fat of the bear.

According to Wikipedia, it was a popular treatment for men with hair loss from at least as early as 70 CE until about the First World War, originally based on the belief that as bears are very hairy, their fat would assist hair growth in others.  It was used in a variety of different ways, one of which was to make a pomade.

John Barrs DQ'd based on this knowledge, while Shani Naylor invented a fake based on pomade with a musky scent, placing me in the situation of trying to decide whether to combine the definitions to avoid two "correct" defs.  I did research enough to learn that bear's grease itself is mostly odorless, and the pomades made from it are often sweet smelling, not musky at all.  So I left it alone.

The next deal passes to Tim Bourne, who fooled six of you with his ski wax.  Debbie Embler also scored six points as the only player to guess the correct definition (because she just had to!)

Take it away, Tim!

1. Cockney rhyming slang for 'lease’, as in ‘I got a bear's grease on a new Mini’.
   Submitted by: Efrem Mallach, who voted for 4 & 6 and scored 0
   No Votes

2. The season when bears enter their dens to hibernate.
   Submitted by: Paul Keating, who voted for 2 & 7 and scored 1
   Votes from: Paul Keating

3. the rendered fat of the bear
   Submitted by: Merriam-Webster, and scored D1
   Votes from: Debbie Embler

4. Porridge and molasses.
   Submitted by: Debbie Embler, who voted for 3 & 11 and scored 4 + 2 = 6
   Votes from: Efrem Mallach, Glenn Davis, Mike Shefler, Judy Madnick

5. Ski wax [sl.]
   Submitted by: Tim Bourne, who voted for 6 & 9 and scored 6
   Votes from: Shani Naylor, Eric Boxer, Hugo Kornelis, Nancy Shepherdson, Glenn Davis, Judy Madnick

6. Ambergris.
   Submitted by: Glenn Davis, who voted for 4 & 5 and scored 3
   Votes from: Tim Bourne, Efrem Mallach, Mike Shefler

7. A pomade known for its musky scent.
   Submitted by: Shani Naylor, who voted for 5 & 9 and scored 2
   Votes from: Paul Keating, Eric Boxer

8. An event precipitating economic decline.
   Submitted by: Eric Boxer, who voted for 5 & 7 and scored 1
   Votes from: Hugo Kornelis

9. a slime mould of the family Acrasidae, commonly found in damp caves.
   Submitted by: Mike Shefler, who voted for 4 & 6 and scored 3
   Votes from: Tim Lodge, Tim Bourne, Shani Naylor

10. a phrase used to describe how tightly a bear fits in its hibernation den
   Submitted by: John Barrs, who voted for D & Q and scored 0
   No Votes

11. A granular polishing agent composed of limestone dust, and beeswax, employed in metalwork to buff brass instruments and reduce tarnish.
   Submitted by: Judy Madnick, who voted for 4 & 5 and scored 3
   Votes from: Debbie Embler, Tim Lodge, Nancy Shepherdson

12. A definition you didn't see
   Submitted by: Hugo Kornelis, who voted for 5 & 8 and scored 2 DP

   Tim Lodge voted for 9 & 11

   Nancy Shepherdson voted for 5 & 11


   Def Submitter           Votes Guess Total
     5 Tim Bourne              6           6
     4 Debbie Embler           4     2     6
     9 Mike Shefler            3           3
     6 Glenn Davis             3           3
    11 Judy Madnick            3           3
     7 Shani Naylor            2           2
       Hugo Kornelis        2 DP           2
     2 Paul Keating            1           1
     8 Eric Boxer              1           1
     3 Merriam-Webster         1          D1
     1 Efrem Mallach           0           0
    10 John Barrs              0        DQ 0
       Tim Lodge                           0
       Nancy Shepherdson                   0

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Small correction. I just noticed Paul's vote was for himself, so should not score.