Rd. 3643: Greisen results

[nancygoat]

At long last, this round draws to a conclusion. (I certainly hope so!) Because of the looong deadlines this time, a lot of you submitted defs: 13 in all. 

The real def was #10, guessed by three players. Mike Shefler's correct guess on the first vote (!) made me fear another D11. But I earned just D3. This time.

Mike's noun/verb regarding millet -- and his vote for the real def -- gave him an unnatural 5 to make him the winner and next dealer.  Hugo Kornelis' natural 4 for the old woman makes him the runner up. Paul Keating's own rock plus his vote for the correct rock, give him an unnatural 4.

Fingers crossed for no tallying errors, but confidently expecting some,

I am your former dealer, 

Nancy

1. A grayish spodumene crystal.
Paul Keating
Votes: Shefler, Abell 2* + 2 = 4
2. [Obs.] A thin woolen fabric.
Tim Lodge
Votes:  Naylor, Madnick 0 + 2 = 2

3. Layered industrial residue, sometimes repurposed as a decorative or artistic material.
Dan Widdis
Votes: Boxer, Madnick 0 + 2 = 2
4. Any of a class of musician-entertainers of northern Germany.
Eric Boxer 0 + 0 = 0
5. An old person.
Hugo Kornelis
Votes: Lodge, Embler, Widdis, Keating 0 + 4 = 4
6. One of the stops in the religious ceremony called "The steps of the cross": this one remembers the steps up to the cross itself. [Obs. Middle English from Old French grez or grease]
John Barrs DQ + 0 = DQ
7. A coarse, herb infused seasoning crumble of dried rye and toasted seeds, used to add depth and texture to roasted vegetables or hearty stews.
Judy Madnick
Votes: Bourne, Kornelis 0 + 2 = 2
8. A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl.
Debbie Embler  2* + 0  = 2
9. [ON] to grind; ground millet.
Mike Shefler
Votes: Lodge, Naylor, Kornelis 2* + 3 = 5
10. A granitic rock with crystalline-granular texture, consisting chiefly of quartz and mica.
OED
Votes: Shefler, Embler, Keating D3
11. People who fled mainland China for Taiwan after 1945, and their descendants; literally "outside province people".
Shani Naylor 0 + 0 = 0
12. To be attracted, as by gravity or magnetism.
Tim Bourne
Votes: Abell 0 + 1 = 1
13. Small, usu. salty, snacks served with beer.
Efrem Mallach
Votes: Bourne, Widdis 0 + 2 + 2
14. A cistern for collecting rainwater.
Tony Abell
Votes: Boxer 0 + 1 = 1

[Hugo Kornelis]

Second place? Wow! That is rare for me! I had seen a few votes come in (I thought I was at 3, not 4) so I was already quite happy. I had not expected this.
(And for the record, def #10 was on my shortlist of three, so I was awfully close to actually winning!!)

For the record, the German word Greisen does mean "very old" or "old person". It is related to the Dutch word "grijs" (note that ij and ei are different spellings for the same sound), which means gray.

Paul, you can imagine my chuckle when you openly speculated that I was at zero votes. (Although given my track record, it usually is a safe bet LOL)

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 28-4-2026 om 08:05 schreef nancygoat:

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+u...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/60184073-f0e1-4b82-a81b-fed57449c1e7n%40googlegroups.com.