Everyone lift your hurricane glass and offer a toast to Dave Cunningham, who earned 6 votes, and the deal, for his rum drink.
Mike Shefler’s trysail takes real winner honors with four votes plus two points for correctly guessing the knot-grass.* Tim Lodge gets honorable mention with five votes for his Naval slang.
John Barrs, our resident botanist, was intimately familiar with knot-grass, submitting a definition describing it and informing me, “Knot-grasses are related to buckwheat and docks etc and have a tetrahedron as a seed and a characteristic of the whole genus is "angled knees" – hence the name knot-grass. some of them grow very fast ("Persian mile a minute vine" - fallopia balduschuanica - can grow up to 100ft in a season and is used in gardens to cover eyesores like sheds etc. It flowers profusely so is decorative) so one of these knot-grasses seems suitable for my def here.”** As much as he knew about this particular species, he did not know that “ninety-knot” was a real nickname for it and not just his grand idea for a fake def.* I combined his def with the real one, and he and I both got two votes.
1. a preliminary award to the Eagle Scout, given by the Boy Scouts of America, signifying significant progress toward that goal.*
****No votes**
****Submitted by: Shepherdson.
2. a high-quality Persian rug, based on the number of knots within a distance equal to the width of the weaver's fist.*
****Vote from:*** Bourne**
****Submitted by: Mallach, who scores natural 1.
3. An embroidery tool, used for stitching sequins on hard to reach areas*
****No votes**
****Submitted by: Kornelis, who scores 0 + 2, total 2.
4. Speedboat rated at 100 miles per hour. [90 knots]*
****Vote from:*** Barrs**
****Submitted by: Hale, who scores natural 1.
5. joc. a rum drink. See hurricane, 8.*
****Votes from:** Abell, Barrs, Hale, Lodge, Shefler and Stevens**
****Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 6.
6. a storm trysail.*
****Votes from:** Bourne, Madnick, Mallach and Naylor**
****Submitted by: Shefler, who scores 4 + 2, total 6.
7. Expensive or luxurious.*
****Votes from:** Lodge and Naylor**
****Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 2.
8. A plant, Polygonum aviculare. See knot-grass, 1.*
****Votes from:** Kornelis and Shefler*
****Real definition from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia**
****Submitted by: Barrs, who scores natural 2.
9. a synchronized swimming routine involving a team of 8 swimmers.*
****No votes**
****Submitted by: Stevens.
10. Naval sl. an officer who wins accelerated promotion by favour or influence.*
****Votes from:** Abell, Cunningham, Hale, Madnick and Mallach**
****Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 5.
11. A brittle toffee with a chocolate coating, sold in lumps (orig. a brand name of confectionery supplied to the navy).*
****Votes from:** Cunningham, Kornelis and Stevens**
****Submitted by: Naylor, who scores natural 3.
12. any one of the best knots from the three primary knot categories: Loop Knots (make a loop in the rope), Bends (rope to rope knots) and Hitches (rope to object knots).*
****No votes**
****Submitted by: Madnick.
*** Player******** Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
****------******** --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
****Cunningham****** 5** 10 & 11**** 6************* 6
****Shefler********* 6** 5 & *8***** 4**** 2******* 6
****Lodge********** 10**** 5 & 7 ****5************* 5
****Naylor********* 11**** 6 & 7**** 3************* 3
****Abell*********** 7*** 5 & 10**** 2************* 2
****Barrs*********** 8**** 4 & 5**** 2************* 2
****Kornelis******** 3* *8* & 11**** 0**** 2******* 2
****Hale***** *******4*** 5 & 10**** 1************* 1
****Mallach********* 2*** 6 & 10**** 1************* 1
****Shepherdson***** 1****** N/V**** 0************* 0
****Bourne**************** 2 & 6**** 0************* 0
****Madnick******** 12*** 6 & 10**** 0*********** **0
****Stevens********* 9*** 5 & 11**** 0************* 0
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