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Old February 18th, 2022, 08:11 AM
Efrem G Mallach
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3231 UDAL results

Folks,

UDAL is def. 11: "a form of freehold land possession in northern Europe before the introduction of the feudal system, still used in Orkney and Shetland." John Barrs knew the word and disqualified himself from voting. I held a D0 through most of the voting, but the last two voters both landed on it to give me a D2.

The next deal goes to Alan Mallach, who was one of those two final voters and whose definition (#12, geological jargon I don't pretend to understand) garnered three votes. Whether those three people really did understand it, voted for it on the basis of its incomprehensibility, or just picked the first number that came to mind, I leave for them to say if they wish. Two runners-up, Joe Leckenby with his Hindu dessert (#1) and Tim Lodge with his wayside marker (#4), had four natural points each.

John Barrs and Judy Madnick both submitted versions of the meaning of the unrelated word hadal. They were combined into def. #10 in the voting list. John's and Judy's original versions are given as defs. "14" and "15" in the results below. Since votes for #10 became votes for both of these, Tim Bourne and Debbie Embler are shown as having voted three times.

Full results:

1. [Hindu] a fruit dessert. From Leckenby, J. who didn't vote. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Fein, D.; Keating, P.; Mallach, A. Score: 4.

2. a long-handled billhook. From Widdis, D. who voted 1, 5. Voted for by: Lodge, T. Score: 1.

3. a representative example. From Abell, T. who didn't vote. Voted for by: Shefler, M. Score: 1.

4. a wayside marker or milestone. From Lodge, T. who voted 2, 13. Voted for by: Fein, D.; Keating, P.; Embler, D.; Madnick, J. Score: 4.

5. a hard cheese from Belgium aged in caves. From Shefler, M. who voted 3, 12. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Naylor, S. Score: 2.

6. [Math.] of a relation, not fully normalized. From Bourne, T. who voted 12, 14. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

7. a species of gazelle found predominantly in central Asia. From Fein, D. who voted 1, 4. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

8. [U.S. regional, chiefly New England; euphemistic; now rare] beer. From Naylor, S. who voted 5, *11*. Voted for by: None. Score: 2.

9. [Austral. slang] money. (Also oodle; apparently an inferred singular of oodles) From Keating, P. who voted 1, 4. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

10. Of or pertaining to the deepest parts of the ocean, from approx. 20,000 ft. (6500 m) to the greatest depths. Combined definition that couldn't vote. Voted for by: See 14 and 15 below. Score: n/a.

11. a form of freehold land possession in northern Europe before the introduction of the feudal system, still used in Orkney and Shetland. From Dictionary which couldn't vote. Voted for by: Naylor, S.; Mallach, A. Score: D2.

12. [Geol.] pertaining to or characteristic of surface conditions containing an admixture of fragmented limestone and loam or loess soils. From Mallach, A. who voted 1, *11*. Voted for by: Shefler, M.; Bourne, T.; Madnick, J. Score: 5.

13. a form of bay window enclosed with carved latticework, often lined with stained glass, and located on the second story of a building or higher. From Embler, D. who voted 4, 14. Voted for by: Lodge, T. Score: 1.

"14." the deepest parts of the ocean (more than 6000 meters deep). From Barrs, J. who was voluntarily DQ. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Embler, D. Score: 2.

"15." of or pertaining to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom below the abyssal zone, or from approximately 20,000 ft. (6500 m) to the greatest ocean depths. From Madnick, J. who voted 4, 12. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Embler, D. Score: 2.

As a table, with tied scores in random order:


As regards the next round: as some of you may recall from things he mentioned during previous turm as dealer, Alan is traveling at the moment. He has a full schedule today and will spend most of tomorrow in airplanes returning home. When I warned him yesterday that he might end up with the deal, he said he's willing to do it but the earliest he'd be able to would be Sunday morning, with an outside chance of Saturday night. (Both refer to North American eastern time.) If that's too long to wait, Tim Lodge wins the rolling-score tiebreaker and is next in line. I'll let people chime in as to whether we should wait about 48 hours for Alan to re-emerge or not.

Efrem

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