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Old December 4th, 2018, 02:07 PM
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2943 -- Clepsydras -- Results

I am going to need help declaring a winner as there is a 4 way tie.
Apparently my real definition sounded too real! Here are the results:

Game 2943 -- Definitions:

*Written by:*

Voted for by:

*Score:*

1. (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an
indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

Daniel Widdis

*0*

2. [Egypt Middle Kingdom] An early name for Thebes (later Luxor).

Dave Cunningham -- +2*

Mike Shefler

*3*

3. A carnivorous plant native to the tropical wetlands of Brazil, Bolivia
and Paraguay.

Shani Naylor -- +2*

Judy Madnick, Guerri Stevens

*4*

4. The sound of an under-ground stream (literally 'hidden water').

Johnny Barrs --+2*

Guerri Stevens, Keith Hale

*4*

5. A form of Greek lyric poetry in the Aeolic family, characterized by
strophe and epode having the same metrical pattern.

Efrem Mallach -- DQ

Daniel Widdis, Tm Lodge, Tony Abell

*3*

6. An ancient device that measured time by marking the regulated flow of
water through a small opening.

Dixonary

Shani Naylor, Johnny Barrs, Dave Cunningham, Keith Hale, Tony Abell,
Christopher Carson

*--*

7. (Also honeydew) A sweet and sticky secretion of certain caterpillars
such as the Japanes oak blue caterpillar [Narathura japonica].

Tim Bourne

*0*

8. A tropical disease spread by the larvae of the tumbu fly, causing liver
damage in humans.

Tim Lodge

Judy Madnick

*1*

9. A mermaid.

Guerri Stevens

Daniel Widdis, Tim Bourne, Christopher Carson

*3*

10. An evergreen shrub of warm, arid regions that has trailing or climbing
stems and tiny, scale like leaves.

Judy Madnick

Mike Shefler, Johnny Barrs

*2*

11. A venereal disease caused by the bacterium _Haemophilus ducreyi_ and
characterized by chancres on the genitalia and proximal areas.

Mike Shefler

*0*

12. [Volcanology] A deep magma subduction zone.

Keith Hale -- +2*

Shani Naylor, Dave Cunningham

*4*

13. A series of symbolic body postures and hand movements used in Classical
Greek dance.

Christopher Carson -- +2*

Tim Bourne, Tim Lodge

*4*

-- no def

Tony Abell -- +2*

*2*

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