[Dixonary] Round 3117: PICY [Results]

Round 3117: PICY [Results] Tony Abell’s “relief pattern in a brick wall” (9) achieved an early lead, with 3 votes from the first 3 ballots, and the final outcome was never much in doubt after that. It earned Tony 6 natural points and the next deal.

The real definition, from the OED, was the variant of pique (13), a bonus score in the venerable two-handed card game piquet. Picy is really a non-word, because it has its origin in a misprint for picq, a variant spelling of pique. The misprint appeared in an authoritative and influential text, Charles Cotton’s The Compleat Gamester (1674), and so the printer’s error became a thing.

1        A graphical-user-interface environment such as X or the Macintosh interface, esp. as described by a hacker who prefers command-line interfaces for their superior flexibility and extensibility. However, it is also used without negative connotations.                                        
       Submitted by: Dan Widdis who voted for: 4 & 9                
       Vote from: Debbie Embler                                        
       Score: 1
                               
2        The distinctive clove scent of the picotee pink (Dianthus caryophyllus).
       Submitted by John Barrs who voted for 5 & 9
       Vote from: Ryan McGill
       Score: 1

3        The toxic residue created as a by-product of gold refinery.
       Submitted by Shani Naylor who voted for 9 & 12
       Vote from: Judy Madnick
       Score: 1

4        Of, like or pertaining to rogues or roguish behaviour.
       Submitted by Judy Madnick who voted for 3 & 9
       Vote from: Dan Widdis
       Score: 1

5        Of or related to one of the incunabular fonts.
       Submitted by Dave Cunningham who did not vote
       Votes from: Mike Shefler, John Barrs
       Score: 2

6        Lively, full of movement.
       Submitted by Tim Lodge who voted for 10 & 12

7        Related to eating.
       Submitted by Ryan McGill who voted for 2 & 8
       Vote from: Efrem Mallach
       Score: 1

8        An illegal prospector.
       Submitted by Debbie Embler who voted for 1 & 9
       Vote from: Ryan McGill
       Score: 1

9        A relief pattern in a brick wall.
       Submitted by Tony Abell who did not vote
       Votes from: Mike Shefler, Shani Naylor, John Barrs, Debbie Embler, Judy Madnick, Dan Widdis
       Score: 6

10        Scot. (of a horse) skittish; difficult to control.
       Submitted by Mike Shefler who voted for 5 & 9
       Votes from: Tim Lodge, Alan Mallach, Efrem Mallach
       Score: 3

11        Math. a secondary dependency in a unnormalized relation.
       Submitted by Tim Bourne who did not vote

12        Scot. Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.
       Submitted by Efrem Mallach who voted for 7 & 10
       Votes from: Shani Naylor, Tim Lodge, Alan Mallach
       Score: 3

13        Piquet. (also: pique) The winning of 30 points on cards and play before one’s opponent scores anything.
       Real definition from OED 3ed
       Score: D0


Player

Vote 1

Vote 2

Scores from votes

Total Score Tony Abell





6

6 Efrem Mallach

7

10

3

3 Mike Shefler

5

9

3

3 Dave Cunningham





2

2 Dan Widdis

4

9

1

1 Debbie Embler

1

9

1

1 John Barrs

5

9

1

1 Judy Madnick

3

9

1

1 Ryan McGill

2

8

1

1 Shani Naylor

9

12

1

1 Alan Mallach

10

12

No def

0 Tim Bourne





0

0 Tim Lodge

10

12

0

0

--
Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France


 



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