Having spent some time in the Outer Hebrides, I know a few Scottish names
of seabirds, but I hadn't come acraoss FASKIDAR, the Northern Gull (5).
Johnny Barrs, Paul Keating, and Efrem Mallach guessed correctly, leaving me
with a D3. Johnny also got 4 votes for his Bengali Lance-Corporal, making
him the new dealer. Judy Madnick, Paul Keating,and Efrem Mallach tied as
the lucky runners-up with 3 points apiece.

Over to you, Johnny.

-- Tim L


*** FASKIDAR ***

1. A serene view.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 4 & 11 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Shani Naylor

2. a very wicked person.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: & 11 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Debbie Embler

3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 4 & 5 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Debbie Embler

4. a supervisor in a tea plantation.
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 8 & 13 Score: 4 + 0 + 0 = 4
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Efrem Mallach, Nancy Shepherdson, Alan Mallach


5. [_Scot. Obs._] A name applied to the Northern Gull.
Submitter: OED Votes: - & - Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = D3
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Paul Keating, Johnny Barrs

6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 4 & 12 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

7. An arctic sea-turtle, _*Eretmochelys thulesis*_ [Icelandic]
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 5 & 7 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Johnny Barrs

8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs.

Submitter: Alan Mallach Votes: 4 & 10 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Tim Bourne

9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman
empire.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 12 & 13 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Judy Madnick

10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of
embroidered velvet or silk
Submitter: Deborah Fein Votes: 12 & 12 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Alan Mallach, Judy Madnick

11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey
to communicate across long distances.
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 1 & 13 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Dan Widdis

12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in
British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _subidar_.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 5 & 7 Score: 4 + *2* + 0 = 6 *
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson, Mike Shefler, Deborah Fein

13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native
army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in
the English army.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 9 & 10 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler, Shani Naylor

No Def: Debbie Embler Votes: 2 & 3 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

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