gauffer revealed updated!

[Nora Munoz]

WOW!  I can't believe I won.  I am speechless, and now
I have to come up with a word!  :)

I have some tight deadlines this week with work, but I
will try to send a word this weekend and begin the
round then.
Thanks!
Nora


--- Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at alum.mit.edu> wrote:


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    Well, unless I misplaced some emails (and I don't
think I did), therewere no so many ballots cast in
this round, and the race was veryclose.   But the chad
has settled, and the winner, for the first timein her
nearly ten years of intermittent participation is...
Nora! Woohoo! Take it away, Nora!

[edit] And since I received a couple of additional
ballots after thepolls had closed, I now include those
votes as well.  And Nora stillwins, by a bigger
margin!  I will add that I almost withdrew the
word,because Pierre was familiar with the French word
for "waffle iron",which is a cognate.  But I deemed it
to be not close enough, and thisprior knowledge
doesn't seem to have helped him.
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General comments:
Nora: An excellent round!  most seem plausible to me
and none stand outas the best one!  well, here goes!
Fran: Wow, these are hilarious!
Judith: Can I give each .3 point?  Well, not my own
(which Irecognize!), but the math gets tricky...I'd
have to give each.3333333...... point. They are
*all*totally ridiculous. Congratulations on finding
the word!
Hutch: Good quality round! Definitions all over the
place.
Elliott: Nice crop of definitions this time.
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gauffer - n. - The last pin scored in hedge-pedge.
by Eric.  Ranjit 1, Pierre 1, correct guess 1 = 3
points
Ranjit: Ah, the murnival gambit.  Hedge-pedge!!  1 pt.
Fran: I never believe the obscure-game definitions,
and then they turnout to be true.  But I am not voting
for it anyway.
Hutch: An imaginary special term of a made-up game,
but I like it. Givethis one my imaginary tie-breaker
point.
Pierre: One point and the sonica/murnival award.
[Jean-Joseph: As far as I can tell, hedge-pedge does
not exist, whichmeans that Eric is going to have to
make up rules for it.]

gauffer - n. - A heated press which simultaneously
molds and vulcanizesrubber.
by Ranjit.  Fran 2 = 2 points
Fran: I really like this one!  2 points.
Hutch: Boring, so probably true. ... Or someone trying
to get votes by
creating a believably boring definition.
Elliott: Sounds convenient.  Sounds efficient.  Sounds
like Eric.

gauffer - n. - An isolated leaf which has changed
color on an otherwisegreen tree.
by Jim.  Nora 1 = 1 point
Nora: two votes!  if this isn't the term, it needs to
have one!
Fran: Nobody would have a name for this!
Elliott: The thing deserves a name.  "Gauffer" doesn't
sound like abiology word, but it could easily be an
art word.

gauffer - n. - The crew member of a whaling ship who
throws the lanceinto the whale.
by Judith.  Pierre 2 = 2 points
Fran: No, gauffer is too much like gofer or gaffer--on
the whalingship, the gauffer would be in charge of
pulling the chunks of whaleonboard and getting them
packed into the hold properly, not spearingthe whale.
Hutch: "gaffer"
Pierre: Two points for homeocetacity.

gauffer - v. - [variant of GOFFER] To press ridges or
narrow pleatsinto(a frill, for example); to flute;
crimp.
by dictionary.  Nora 1, Fran 1, Eric 1, Linda 2 = 5
points
Nora: the only verb...  hmmm...  one point for being
contrary.
Fran: I like this one for being kindof like the other
one I voted for!1 point.
Eric: One point for not so implausible.
Elliott: Maybe ... but I don't recall hearing it in
twenty years ofScottish country dancing. [later:]
Well, shiver me timbers!  The OEDsays you do this
using "goffering-irons", which sounds more like
agolfing term to me.

gauffer - n. - A speech, sermon, poem, etc. which is
suitable for awiderange of occasions; an all-purpose
declamation.
by Elliott.  Ranjit 2 = 2 points
Ranjit: That's a good one.  I don't believe it, but 2
pts.
Fran: Yeah, I've heard that one.  But maybe it's
better than simplyspeaking WITHOUT a planned speech!

gauffer - n. - A person whose job it is to stuff the
turducken with oneof three stuffings: Cajun, plain
bread, or crabmeat/bread.
by Linda.  correct guess 2 = 2 points.
Ranjit: I wanted chestnut-apple stuffing.  I'm never
hiring a gaufferto cater MY thanksgiving again.
Nora: this gets my silly vote!
Fran: Julia Child always did this herself!  No need
for extra people inthe kitchen!
Hutch: Somebody's hungry!
Pierre: Ghost point for using the word "turducken",
which sounds funny.
Elliott: Oh, come on -- there *are no turduckens*.
That was proved a long time ago by Vasco Da Gama or
John James Audubonor somebody like that.  It's just a
story to scare little kids, andnowadays there are
more-fun things to do in the evenings than scarelittle
kids.

gauffer - n. - (med. and ear. mod. French) - 1) A
pickpocket disguisedas a pilgrim. 2) A term of abuse
directed toward a Spaniard.
by David.  Judith 2, Hutch 1 = 3 points
Fran: ????
Hutch: I like it! Terms of abuse are always good
choices: 1 point.

gauffer - n. - [Old French gualfourt, from Frankish
walfurdu, whalepassage] A strait which is dangerous to
cross unless guided by a whaleor porpoise.
by Pierre.  Eric 2, Linda 1 = 3 points
Ranjit: That's why the dock inspectors always ask you
before you departwhat your porpoise is in making this
crossing.
Fran: I really don't think this would happen enough
for there to be aname for it. It sounds like some
fantasy novel.
Hutch: Guided by a whale or dolphin???? No way this is
it, but a greatconcept!!
Eric: Two points for being CUTE!
Elliott: I can imagine a whale or porpoise guiding you
*through* a strait, but *across*it?  (Not that my
imagination is in any way informed by science on
thispoint, mind you.)

gauffer - n. - A machine used to extract small trees
from the ground.Itcan be hand-held or attached to a
tractor or other engine forextracting larger trees.
by Nora.  Judith 1, Hutch 2, Elliott 2, correct guess
1 = 6 points
Fran: If the tree is small enough to require only a
hand-held machine,you might as well just pull with
your hands.
Hutch: I've seen this device (whether this is its name
or not). A bigmetal ring, about 2-3 m across, from
which depend four (on the onesI'veseen) large,
triangular teeth. (No other way to describe them;
think ofa shark tooth a meter to a meter and a half on
a side.) The operatoropens the ring, placed it around
the trunk of the tree, and then closesthe ring again.
The whole device is lowered so the tips of the
teethtouch the ground. Then, the whole ring is
revolved (with the trunk ofthe tree being the center
of rotation) and lowered still further. Theteeth dig
into the gound, down and in, cutting through roots
asnecessary, until they meet. The whole thing is
locked into place andlifted from the hole, carrying
with it the tree and a root ball ofappropriate size.
I've never seen one that could possibly be
called"hand-held", but it's easy to imagine one. 2
points.   
Elliott: Cruel, but nearly believable.  Two points.





       
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