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Old June 19th, 2020, 05:11 AM
Tim Lodge
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3081 LAIRWITE Results

The real meaning of LAIRWITE is ' a fine for fornication or adultery, esp.
with a bondwoman.' which three clever players guessed. Paul Keating
submitted a def so close to the real one that I had to combine them, giving
him 3 points. Mike Shefler is our new dealer, with 5 points, made up of 3
votes for his northern shrike plus 2 points for guessing the real def.
Chris Carson and Alan Mallach were the real winners in second place with 4
points each - 2 of Alan's were gained because he voted for the real def.
Everyone else scored at least one point.

Over to you, Mike.

-- Tim L

*** LAIRWITE ***

1. a recluse or hermit.
Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 4 + 0 + 0 = 4
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Efrem Mallach, Nancy Shepherdson, Tim Bourne


2. a bad or tasteless joke.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 6 & 13 Score: 0 + *2* + 0 = 2 *
Voted for by: Nobody

3. to work in a haphazardly manner
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 1 & 8 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tim Bourne

4. a type of vetch, _Vicia ervilia_.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 1 & 9 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson

5. a small Eurasian finch having streaked brown plumage.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 13 & 14 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Ryan McGill, Alan Mallach

6. a fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman.
Submitter: OED Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = D3
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 3 & 9 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Johnny Barrs, Mike Shefler

7. in saxon legend, a lesser genius loci with a malevolent bent.
Submitter: Ryan McGill Votes: 5 & 10 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Shani Naylor

8. an armorer specializing in bludgeoning weapons such as maces.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 1 & 4 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Dan Widdis

9. the raw skin of a sheep or goat, stripped and ready for tanning.

Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 8 & 11 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Paul Keating

10. a type of parasitic insect found in the dens of hibernating mammals.

Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 1 & 3 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Ryan McGill

11. [Obs] a wife beater; also LAIRWIGHT [OE common law: literally _a home
troll_]
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 6 & 13 Score: 2 + *2* + 0 = 4 *
Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Alan Mallach

12. (var. Lairwight or Laerwight) a small mischievous and sometimes
malevolent creature in Celtic mythology.
Submitter: Alan Mallach Votes: 5 & 11 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Shani Naylor

13. the northern shrike (_Lanius borealis_) noted for its piercing cry
("lair-WITE, lair-WITE") repeated two or three times.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 6 & 7 Score: 3 + *2* + 0 = 5 *
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Judy Madnick, Johnny Barrs

14. a shark of the genus _Lamna_, especially _L. nasus_, a large,
voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 7 & 12 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Judy Madnick




*Def* *Vote 1* *Vote 2* *Tot Votes* *Guess* *DP* *Score*









Mike Shefler 13 6 7 3 2 0 5 *
Chris Carson 1 0 0 4 0 0 4
Johnny Barrs 11 6 13 2 2 0 4 *
OED 6 - - 3 0 0 D3
Paul Keating 6 3 9 3 0 0 3
Tony Abell 2 6 13 0 2 0 2 *
Debbie Embler 3 1 8 2 0 0 2
Judy Madnick 5 13 14 2 0 0 2
Ryan McGill 7 5 10 2 0 0 2
Nancy Shepherdson 8 1 4 2 0 0 2
Dan Widdis 9 8 11 2 0 0 2
Efrem Mallach 4 1 9 1 0 0 1
Tim Bourne 10 1 3 1 0 0 1
Alan Mallach 12 5 11 1 0 0 1
Shani Naylor 14 7 12 1 0 0 1

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