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[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 -- 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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