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#200523 06/17/11 07:41 PM
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Arctic Dreams: nilas
a thin elastic crust of gray-colored ice formed on a calm sea; characterized by a matte surface, and easily bent by waves and thrust into a pattern of interlocking fingers


Ah, Candy your guess was right but you prefered impending doom.
I doubted from the beginning if the ice were going to hold; of course per definiton it could not.

To me all definitions were very credible as I have no knowlegde of Nabisco biscuits.



Jackie-- a) 2 votes; Buffo and Candy.
Owlbow-- b) 1 vote; Mr. C.Chow.
Candy-- c) 1 vote; Olly.
Luke-- d) 2 votes; Jackie and Wofahulicodoc,
Wofahulicodoc-- e) 3 votes; Faldage, Owlbow, stuwm (with analysis)
Faldage f)-- a dangling vote.
The Free Dictionary-- g) 1 fatal vote; LukeJavan8.
Ciud Chow-- h) 1 vote; Avy who knows just like me that in Manila, they write it vanila.

There is a clear winner and a lot of non losers and ít's the game that counts. I hope I did not make mistakes in the counting.
Good, amusing definitions and thanks for participating.

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BranShea #200524 06/17/11 10:50 PM
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It really was G?? I thought, "What a great definition but it can't be the real one: no dictionary has 'em that lengthy!" Growf!

Good game, though, and thank you.

Jackie #200525 06/17/11 11:33 PM
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Yes, great game, Bran. thanks for taking the time to do it for us.


----please, draw me a sheep----
BranShea #200527 06/18/11 02:00 AM
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We would not want a newcomer to feel left out now would we? Good game Branny. When you conduct there is always something extra to read. Thanks.

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I'm with you Avy...good game, thanks Bran.

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Thank you for coming in to vote, Avy. Mr Aloof appreciates this one point and might be around next time, but then also maybe not. I sure hope you'll be around whenever you have some time to spend.

@Jackie nilas

It will be a word from the Arctic languages I suppose, but it is used in hydrology>> nilas
Very dangerous to walk on.

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And here are some pictures. The fingers don't show very well. Scroll down abut half-way.

BranShea #200544 06/19/11 12:11 AM
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No the 'fingers' don't show that well, but I was amused by the 'pancake ice' idea.

Thanks for that article Wofa.

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Very cool!


----please, draw me a sheep----
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'Happily fooled again.
Cool stuff indeed - so cool it's very cold.
This was a wonderful round. Thanks Bran!
and thanks for the phone in vote Mr. C.Chow. You must be a chocolate lover too.


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