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1. sedgwick n. a remorphemization of sedgewidgeon (Anas acicularis), a common surface feeding duck that nests in the region of the lower Danube.
Wordwind
2. A certain type of golf club.
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3. [obs] a derisory term which was applied to a district over which a petty official's jurisdiction extended that to all appearances was merely swampland.
tsuwm, who garnered two votes, one by himself, which is strictly kosher since it may influence another voter.
4. A small wooden bolt, usually with right-hand threads, commonly used to fasten a knob to a drawer front. Most often found with a slotted head that accepts a regular screwdriver, though occasionally found with slots for a Phillips screwdriver.
This is the real definition, for which there were no votes.
5. The one atom that is the exact center of the earth's core.
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6. This is not a "real" word, but a made up one, taken from a manufacturer's catalogue. w-i-k (most certainly without a "c") stands for "water injection kit" and the Sedgwik is a well-known (within the trade, that is) device for promoting the growth of sedge reeds in and around ponds where sewage is recycled. In wet areas, such a device is unnecessary, of course, but the process of natural, environmentally sound purification of water is now being extended to places with low rainfall - in particular, some of the areas of Scandinavia where the majority of water falls as snow. It is in these (and parts of Turkey, I believe) that the Sedgewik is in use.
RhubarbCommando. I really expected this one to get a vote or perhaps two.
7. A small African antelope, named for the Dutch naturalist who first described it, Jan Sedgwik (1820-1892).
Flatlander, who garnered three votes, later reduced to two when milum changed his vote.
8. Sedgwik: a moss which grows chiefly on rocky or barren spots.
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9. a new born, often translucent, tadpole
Jazzoctopus, who, in voting for himself, helped induce two others to follow. He got the most votes for one definition.
10. The only hybrid crop hardy enough to survive cultivation in the Earth's depleted soil supply; from the Samuel Butler's classic 1872 social satire, Erewhon.
Whitmanoneill took two votes with this excellent bluff
11. Sedgwik: A mocking reference in CIA circles to the heavy handed and clumsy bulgarian spies planted in the states during the cold war. The Bulgarian spies were all identified and bugged but the CIA couldn't decipher their continual use of the phrase "I must call Sedgwik". Finally an agent dialed SEDGWIK,(733-4945)on his touch tone phone and reached the Bulgarian Embassy in Washington DC. Tom Clancy used the phrase in his book "The Hunt For Red October"
Had I not read The Hunt for Red October, I might well have fallen for this one. A kudos to milum for his inventiveness, which brought him two votes. I once worked for the CIA (MANY years ago in a very menial capacity) and things like htis were legendary.
12. A specific computer error from the early days of computing, created when one end of a wire on a breadboard was erroneously plugged into a socket too close to the other end, resulting in garbled information that one IBM engineer said reminded him of the maunderings of his mother-in-law, Irenia Sedgwik.
I got two votes for this one.
13. A plumbing device that limits the amount of water consumed during a flushing of a toilet or urinal; not commonly used in the home, but most commonly found in commercial use in areas where water is so expensive that the use of the Sedgwik is cost-effective.
I also got two votes for this one, probably because of the excellent numerology.
Now, a note or three about this round. Hogwash began during the period when I was away from the board for several months, and I was not overly familiar with the rules, which seemed to be slightly fluid, though perhaps not. Frinstance, I had no idea that no one should put in more than one definition, not even the hogwashmaster. I also got a PM saying that I had either overwritten or underwritten No. 4; I htink there was an implication that had I put in a straight dictionary definition I would have gotten votes for it. So far as I know, the only place on the internet you can find sedgwik in that context is at the URL I set forth, so any dictionary definition would have to come from me. Personally I thought I did a pretty good job.
If my putting in 12 and 13 so grossly violated the rules as to be unfair to other participants, I submit there are a few ways to handle it.
Throw out one or the other of my bluffs, since they each received two votes.
Throw out this round altogether.
Ignore the rules and let the votes fall where they may. Of course I subscribe to this because it will improve my standings, but it certainly isn't important enough for me to pitch a hissy fit about. After all, having just been in Florida, where the average person believes that Gore was the real winner, I can assure you that I know whose Gore was axed.
By the way, and as a total aside, drinking fresh Florida orange juice is almost as much pleasure as you can have without disrobing. In two weeks the four of us, with help from my two sisters-in-law, who were there for a week, went through six gallons of fresh OJ. And it's cheap! $4 a gallon!
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And I, for one--though I loved the translucent tadpole--am very happy to know the name of this knob. Sedgwik. I'll trying pulling it off in conversation from now on.
Best regards,
DubDub
Rules, schmules! So this one got a little out-of-hand--we'll just push it back in by its little Sedgewiks. Or is that Sedgwiks? Well, drat. Emphasis in push on the sh and not rocking of babies here.
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I agree. I got a gallon of grapefruit also (I think $3) and no one else liked it. All the more for me! Even goes down well with a wee bit of vodka in it!
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Salt your rim, if your blood pressue isn't high, and add a twist of lime. That's good drink.
So, this is about food and this is chatty, so I've broken two rules and it's only 5:05 a.m. It's gonna be one of those headstrong days--can feel it comin'!
DubDub, who may end up having the lowest total points ever here. But in good cheer.
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In addition, you could salt the rim of your glass to make it even better 
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Don't I get a point for hoodwinking the Hogmaster into thinking my definition was an alternative correct one? [petulant grimace icon]
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Don't I get a point for hoodwinking the Hogmaster into thinking my definition was an alternative correct one? [petulant grimace icon]Yeah, Rhuby...now that's a good point. Or should be! 
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