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[Dixonary] Rnd 2824 SPRUN Results
This was an odd round:
4 people voted for a def they cannot possibly have known and gave me a D4 I found this word (#12)some time ago online, but I cannot remember where I found it. As I entered it in my list I commented that it came from "The Dialect of Craven (West Riding) 1828" . Looking the word up this afternoon - or rather, trying to look the word up I discovered that it is not a word allowed in any version of Scrabble or Wordfix etc. -- if you do a search for the book itself then there are several refs to it on google. In various ancient flora the word does occur as a name for a corydalis species (fumitory) but nothing modern It is an acronym for the Scottish Paediatric Urology Network Dave Cunningham asked if there was a chutzpah award - well, with #10 he is the "real winner" so maybe that will do. Tim Lodge scored 7 and is our next dealer Take it away Tim *JohnnyB* 1. a rap session... Voted for by MadnickJ [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 2 and 4] and scores [1 + 0] = 1 2. a drunken spree... Voted for by WiddisD, StevensG [From Chris Carson who voted for 3 and 10] and scores [2 + 0] = 2 3. [Scot] a fish trap... Voted for by CunninghamD, WiddisD, CarsonC, MallachE, SheflerM [From Tim Lodge who voted for 10 and 12] and scores [7 + 0] = 7* 4. inappropriately informal... Voted for by StevensG [From Keith Hale who voted for 7 and 10] and scores [1 + 0] = 1 5. a cicada in the larval stage... Voted for by ShepherdsonN [From Tony Abell who did not vote ] and scores [1 + 0] = 1 6. a sustained, faster-than-usual run... Voted for by nobody [From Dan Widdis who voted for 2 and 3] and scores [0 + 0] = 0 7. thick woolen twine used to make eel traps... Voted for by MallachE, HaleK [From Mike Shefler who voted for 3 and 9] and scores [2 + 0] = 2 8. earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart... Voted for by nobody [From Judy Madnick who voted for 1 and 12*] and scores [0 + 2] = 2* 9. the seeds contained in a seed-pod, e.g. of the milkweed plant... Voted for by SheflerM [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 5 and 12*] and scores [1 + 2] = 3* 10. past tense of _sprin_, to walk quickly with both feet in the air (Lewis Carroll... Voted for by CarsonC, LodgeT, HaleK [From Dave Cunningham who voted for 3 and 12*] and scores [3 + 2] = 5* 11. the link in a flush toilet mechanism that connects the float to the shutoff valve... Voted for by nobody [From Efrem Mallach who voted for 3 and 7] and scores [0 + 0] = 0 12. 1. The fore part of a horse's hoof 2. A sharp piece of iron fixed to the fore point of a horse's shoe to prevent him slipping on ice... Voted for by ShepherdsonN, CunninghamD, MadnickJ, LodgeT [From Dialect Craven (W Riding) 1828 which thus scores me a D4 ================= Guerri Stevens 1 Chris Carson 2 Tim Lodge 7* Keith Hale 1 Tony Abell 1 Dan Widdis 0 Mike Shefler 2 Judy Madnick 2* Nancy Shepherdson 3* Dave Cunningham 5* Efrem Mallach 0 Dictionary (John Barrs) D4 -- 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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