#68906
05/06/2002 12:12 PM
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a. The word used for the attraction until the phrase "Merry-Go-Round" was popularized at the first world's fair.
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b. A wheel in railroad watches that is regulated to oscillate five times per second.
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c. a bacterium found in symbiotic relationship with certain mosses lying above the normal waterline on the beaches of the islands of the Outer Hebrides
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d. A variety of seaweed predominant in turbulent waters
defined by consuelo 1 point donated by milum
e. A rotating stage or platform
defined by Flatlander 3 points donated by The FallibleFiend, Fiberbabe, Jazzoctopus
f. a whirlpool occuring at the confluence of two rivers
defined by Jazzoctopus 1 point donated by Flatlander
g. A floating mat of thickly woven mosses, rushes, and shrubs that forms across the surface of shallow pools and may shimmy or shake when walked upon. Used to support floating torches in vigils for the dead in ancient Rome.
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h. When Dark Age trade unionists had the clergy post Spartacus as a guard to the gates of Heaven, Devil cults of the time enlisted the antithetical Spagyricus to guard the gates of Hell. Later adherents of dark witchcraft used the word Spagyricus to evoke evil spells.
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i. A Roman word describing art forms found in Egyptian civilisations – typically glassware and bead necklaces in the period 50 BC-100 AD.
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j. Biology term: the spiral bacterium found in the digestive tract of cows
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k. an alchemist
the correct definition 2 points each to JosieWales, WordWind, tsuwm, W O’N, dxb, chemeng1992, hyla, Rapunzel
l. Byzantine officer in charge of foreign mercenary troops
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m. Bread mold
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Grovelling apologies to caradea, whose definition was inadvertently omitted. Her definition was: a succinct vitriolic speech. She is fully entitled to demonstrate.
A grand council of hogmasters should be convened to try the prisoner before the bar, one Max Quordlepleen, who admits to having let his eye inadvertently fall on the correct definition and then voting for it. In mitigation, it should be noted that he did confess, thus saving the Crown the expense of sending the hogmasters to New Zealand to investigate his almost unprecedented correct “guess”.
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#68907
05/06/2002 12:18 PM
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For those who are interested, I came across this word in a novel called "The House of Doctor Dee" by Peter Ackroyd.
Chapter 4 page 123:
But what kind of 'recipe' was this?
So that it may grow without the help of any womb! This is the secret of all secrets, and must remain so until that time of the end when all secrets will be revealed. Let the spagyricus take the seed and place it within a sealed glass, for preference the glass of Antwerp in which all light and heat seem to prosper.
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#68908
05/06/2002 3:36 PM
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>apologies to caradea, whose definition was inadvertently omitted.
in an Emergency Meeting of the Rules Committee (RC), convened in nudiustertian virtual time, it was determined that, inasmuch as this contingency is not covered by the Basic Rules of Hogwash®, nor is it implied under the concept of estoppel, it has been ruled by the aforementioned RC that caradea should consider herself well-compensated in that she did receive an actual and public apology from the hogmaster, who after all is only hoglike.
- the RC
as an aside, the RC would like to remind all that, were normal scoring still in effect (and it's not), only the players (those who submitted def'ns) would score two(2) points for a correct guess, and unlookers would score just 1 -- this to encourage "playing" status, of course.
- ken speckle
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#68909
05/06/2002 3:49 PM
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k. an alchemist
the correct definition 2 points each to JosieWales, WordWind, tsuwm, W O’N, dxb, chemeng1992, hyla, Rapunzel....
A grand council of hogmasters should be convened to try the prisoner before the bar, one Max Quordlepleen, who admits to having let his eye inadvertently fall on the correct definition and then voting for it.
So did he or didn't he?
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#68910
05/06/2002 4:33 PM
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Please reference the pre-defined and written rule that states that what Max did was worthy of trial.
(obviously it's 'cheating', but did the rules spell it out? Sparteye, we'll need your expertise here....)
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#68911
05/06/2002 5:33 PM
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Please allow me to clarify: I do not suspect Max of 'cheating,' I'm just confused as to what Bingley means. Given Max's track record, if he did indeed guess correctly, he should be give due props, as Sparteye would say. 
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#68912
05/06/2002 9:15 PM
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#68913
05/06/2002 9:22 PM
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Bingley,
I was sooooooooooooooooo excited when AnnaS voted for my G! And you didn't give me any points for it!
So, if the scorer makes a mistake (that is, if you did make a mistake), do I get a bonus for noticing it? And, if there's a rule that I'm unaware of that keeps me from receiving a point for G if AnnaS votes for it, then: never mind!
Best regards,
WordWannabe
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#68914
05/06/2002 9:42 PM
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I was sooooooooooooooooo excited
anyone hits the g spot, there should be prizes ;)
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#68915
05/07/2002 3:07 AM
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Correction duly entered into the official record.
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#68916
05/07/2002 3:16 AM
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Anna, to put it more clearly, while he was looking for similar words in composing his definition, Max accidentally looked up the word spagyricus. He then voted for the correct definition. Perhaps I'm wrong but I think that although it's legitimate to vote on a word that you happen to already know, looking up a word once it's been posted disqualifies you from voting in that round.
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#68917
05/07/2002 5:11 AM
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Speaking for a large group of Hogwashers, I'd like to say - bedamned Max's indiscretions, what happened to caladea's definition?
The RC wrote (mealy- mouthed)...
[well, caradea should consider herself well-compensated in that she did receive an actual and public apology from the hogmaster, who after all is only a hogman- heh heh heh.]
Well let it be known that we the ad hoc's are not amused by the high handed manner of the head hog and we will seek relief and satisfaction.
RMW and the Committee of Seven.
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#68918
05/07/2002 12:33 PM
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Thank you for that clarification, Bingley! Yes, you're right on the rules (far as I know). ...and thanks for awarding WW her well-deserved point. 
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