here are the votes cast for each definition submitted; in the interests of full-disclosure I have included the disqualified submittals. the True Meaning was
wrestling or struggling together; strife, conflict, opposition [verbatim from the OED], which made a big comeback in the voting after trailing the early favorites e) and i) -- nice work Bingley and Flatlander! of the players, Fiberbabe and Geoff(?) got it right and additionally, voters jazzo, flatlander and rapunzel also were correct.
votes
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0 a) used to describe Anglican doctrinal debates...
* b) a wrestling match
1 c) a subcutaneous deposit of collagen
* d) cooperating with someone else in a struggle
4 e) the best possible combination of theatrical lights...
@ f) the staining which occurs on ... clerical collars
4+ g) wrestling or struggling together; strife, etc.
0 h) a group of small sea creatures
4 i) the act of combining dissimilar metals into an alloy
1 j) mourning together; mutual sorrow
1 k) the eruption of archetypes into personal consciousness...
0 l) the act of square-dance calling
*disqualified
@dishonorable mention
+Geoff's questionable vote
I'll try and staighten out the scoring tomorrow, and I'll be posting the definitions for Round 2 as well.
btw, I think I've settled on hogwash™ as the permanent name. (unless I decide to go with bodewash® 8)
