[Dixonary] Round 2860 results: GLOZE

Fellow players,

The correct definition here was the only pure verb, "to make excuses for." It does indeed come, as John Barrs's similar definition 14 suggests, from gloss as in a comment, via the Middle English verb glosen meaning "to flatter." It was Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day almost exactly eight years ago - on January 3, 2010. Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com/> has several examples of its usage, including "Any attempt to gloze the situation, he felt, would be futile" from The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance.

John's definition garnered three votes. Add two points to his score for divining the correct meaning of the word, and his total of five makes him our next dealer. Tim Lodge was the only other player to vote for its real meaning. Shani Naylor earns "winnah" honors with a natural 4 for "a drowsy, stupid state of body or mind."

Full results:

1. an earthen dam. From Shepherdson, N. who voted 3, 7. Voted for by: Madnick, J. Score: 1.

2. [Scots] marshland. From Abell, T. who did not vote. Voted for by: Cunningham, D.; Shefler, M. Score: 2.

3. [Scots] rime, frost. From Cunningham, D. who voted 2, 10. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Shefler, M.; McGill, R. Score: 3.

4. to make excuses for. From Dictionary who did not vote. Voted for by: Lodge, T.; Barrs, J. Score: D2.

5. a gas-permeable membrane. From Hale, K. who voted 8, 14. Voted for by: Carson, C.; McGill, R. Score: 2.

6. satin-twilled woolen fabric. From Madnick, J. who voted 1, 8. Voted for by: Naylor, S.; Carson, C. Score: 2.

7. a drowsy, stupid state of body or mind. From Naylor, S. who voted 6, 14. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Stevens, G.; Lodge, T.; Widdis, D. Score: 4..

8. a bonding agent applied to a wall prior to applying stucco. From Shefler, M. who voted 2, 3. Voted for by: Hale, K.; Madnick, J.; Bourne, T. Score: 3.

9. a person who has a vested interest in a piece of legislation. From Stevens, G. who voted 7, 10. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

10. a groove inside the end of a barrel or cask into which the head is set. From Carson, C. who voted 5, 6. Voted for by: Cunningham, D.; Stevens, G.; Widdis, D. Score: 3.

11. an alternative to glaze, a finish for pottery that cures at room temperature. From Bourne, T. who voted 8, 14. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

12. a former measurement unit of land area in Tsarist Russia, equivalent to 1.63 acres or 0.66 hectare. From Lodge, T. who voted *4*, 7. Voted for by: None. Score: 2.

13. the apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. From Widdis, D. who voted 7, 10. Voted for by: Barrs, J. Score: 1.

14. a gloss, that is, an explanation of, or comment upon, some uncommon word, phrase or idea; also to gloss in that sense; to provide a gloss. From Barrs, J. who voted *4*, 13. Voted for by: Hale, K.; Naylor, S.; Bourne, T. Score: 5.

No definition from McGill, R. who voted 3, 5. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.

It's all yours, John.

Efrem


Efrem G. Mallach
emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net
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