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Old April 9th, 2017, 06:58 PM
Daniel Widdis
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2793: NINETY-KNOT Results

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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