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[Dixonary] Round 2810: DRAWGLOVES Results
John Brand’s Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain notes, ‘There was a sport entitled “Draw Gloves,” of which, however, I find no description.’* That lack of description did not stop a few dictionaries from attempting to define it, of course.* Halliwell’s Dictionary states that it’s a game played by holding up the fingers representing words by their different positions, whilst the OED claims it’s a race to remove gloves, as listed in Definition 13.* Other dictionaries are less specific and ultimately inconclusive.* Our own Messr. Barrs felt it sounded like a game, but in his imaginary variant, the gloves came off last rather than first, although it still involved a kiss (likely more interesting in his variant than the OED’s).* I think my favorite definition for this woid comes from the Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form which recognizes the uncertainty and defines it thus:
In bygone times, masters and misses Played at draw-gloves. The forfeit was kisses. But did players contend To unglove? To extend Talking fingers? A mystery, this is. (As an aside, I wonder if there would be a players’ revolt if I insisted on my next deal that everyone’s definitions be in limerick form.) Votes were widely distributed this round, with everyone who submitted a definition receiving at least one vote.* Only two players received more than two votes, being Tim Lodge who collected five votes for his fruit, enough to earn him the deal even without his correct guess.* Mike Shefler’s mechanical hand earned four votes and real winner status.* John Barrs and Tony Abell joined Tim in correctly identifying the game.* Or maybe not. All yours, Tim! *** DRAWGLOVES *** 1. a game in which the players start fully dressed and wearing heavy gauntlet gloves and as they lose a round they have to take off a piece of clothing - the gloves come off last. [Henry Fielding "Tom Jones": In the game of drawgloves the players claim a kiss from the loser]***** ****Votes from:** Lodge and Naylor* ****Submitted by: Barrs, who scores 2 + 2, total 4. *** *2. a mechanical hand attached to a reciprocating piston used to grab and pull wool, flax, hemp, etc. through a carding machine.***** ****Votes from:** Carson, Cunningham, Madnick and Shepherdson* ****Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 4. *** *3. drawer-liners, typically of fine cloth, sometimes embroidered, to protect clothing from snags. [Obs.]***** ****Vote from:*** Hale* ****Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 1. *** *4. Heat-resistant hand coverings used in work such as steelmaking and glassblowing.***** ****Vote from:*** Bourne* ****Submitted by: Mallach, who scores natural 1. *** *5. [N.W. Eng. Dial.] sloe, the fruit of the blackthorn tree.***** ****Votes from:** Abell, Barrs, Carson, Cunningham and Naylor* ****Submitted by: Lodge, who scores 5 + 2, total 7. *** *6. The reaction of shivering (as from cold).***** ****Vote from:*** Shefler* ****Submitted by: Abell, who scores 1 + 2, total 3. *** *7. Detachable sleeves.***** ****Votes from:** Hale and Stevens* ****Submitted by: Naylor, who scores natural 2. *** *8. A shackle or fetter.***** ****Votes from:** Bourne and Madnick* ****Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 2. *** *9. One of the common names for the Digitalis genus.***** ****Votes from:** Shefler and Shepherdson* ****Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 2. *** 10. Metal springs attached to ropes or leather reins to keep them taut.***** ****Vote from:*** Mallach* ****Submitted by: Hale, who scores natural 1. *** 11. sockets into which guide bars fit to ensure correct alignment when closing a drawbridge.***** ****Vote from:*** Mallach* ****Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 1. *** 12. tall Eurasian plants with erect spikes of flowers, typically pinkish-purple or white, shaped like the fingers of gloves.***** ****Vote from:*** Stevens* ****Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1. *** 13. An old parlour game, also called drawing (of) gloves, which consisted apparently in a race at drawing off gloves at the utterance of certain words. [Obs.]***** ****Votes from:** Abell, Barrs and Lodge *** Real definition from OED *** Player******** Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total ****------******** --- --------- ----- ----- -- ----- ****Lodge*********** 5* 1 & *13***** 5**** 2******* 7 ****Shefler********* 2**** 6 & 9**** 4************* 4 ****Barrs*********** 1* 5 & *13***** 2**** 2******* 4 ****Abell*********** 6* 5 & *13***** 1**** 2******* 3 ****Stevens********* 9*** 7 & 12**** 2************* 2 ****Naylor********** 7**** 1 & 5**** 2************* 2 ****Carson********** 8**** 2 & 5**** 2************* 2 ****Mallach********* 4** 10 & 11*** *1************* 1 ****Madnick******** 12**** 2 & 8**** 1************* 1 ****Hale*********** 10**** 3 & 7**** 1************* 1 ****Bourne********* 11**** 4 & 8**** 1************* 1 ****Shepherdson***** 3**** 2 & 9**** 1************* 1 ****Cunningham** **********2 & 5**** 0************* 0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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