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[Dixonary] Round 3044 SPARSILE Results
Four of you homed in on the true defination of SPARSILE, of a star not in a
constellation, putting the Oxford English Dictionary clear ahead. Unfortunately, the dictionary is not available to deal, so that honour falls to either Judy Madnick or Shani Naylor, both of whom scored 4 including 2 points for guessing correctly. Shani is ahead in the rolling scores, so she takes the next deal. Over to you, Shani! -- Tim L *** SPARSILE *** 1. A picket fence. Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Nobody 2. Open to change. Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3 Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler 3. Of a star: Not included in any constellation. Submitter: OED Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 4 + 0 + 0 = 4 Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Judy Madnick, Dan Widdis, Shani Naylor 4. [Bot.] Having a hard sheath surrounding the stem. Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 2 & 11 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2 Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Tim Bourne 5. In weaving, the cord or wire through which each thread is passed into the warp. Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 8 & 10 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Nobody 6. a rocky grass covered islet completely covered only at spring high-tides and storms. Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 3 & 12 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 Voted for by: Judy Madnick 7. _Naut._ (_var._ of "Sparsail" q.v.,) a sail with two sheets set at the stern of a dinghy. Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 4 & 11 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Nobody 8. To spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure after being stretched or compressed. Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 3 & 6 Score: 2 + *2* + 0 = 4 Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Mike Shefler 9. a form of rigging in which a sail's angle of attack can be changed by adjusting sheets attached to its spar. Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 2 & 4 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 Voted for by: Shani Naylor 10. (Typog.) a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 3 & 12 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 Voted for by: Debbie Embler 11. a class of goods manufactured from flexible materials, mainly used in 17th century shipping manifests and rarely seen thereafter. Submitter: Ryan McGill Votes: 2 & 8 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Dave Cunningham 12. A sudden shift or slippage of the strata in a mine, often caused by the collapse of a supporting pillar; a mining incident or accident caused by this. Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 3 & 9 Score: 2 + *2* + 0 = 4 Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis No Def: Mike Shefler Votes: 2 & 8 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 *Def* *Vote 1* *Vote 2* *Tot Votes* *Guess* *DP* *Score* OED 3 - 4 0 0 4 Judy Madnick 8 3 6 2 2 0 4 * Shani Naylor 12 3 9 2 2 0 4 * Chris Carson 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 Johnny Barrs 6 3 12 1 2 0 3 * Dan Widdis 10 3 12 1 2 0 3 * Efrem Mallach 4 2 11 2 0 0 2 Ryan McGill 11 0 0 2 0 0 2 Tim Bourne 9 2 4 1 0 0 1 Tony Abell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Debbie Embler 5 8 10 0 0 0 0 Dave Cunningham 7 4 11 0 0 0 0 Mike Shefler 13 2 8 0 0 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |
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