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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Embaphium - n. - a beetle belonging to the family Embaphiidae, noted for their habit of dipping food in water; a raccoon beetle.<BR>
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PIERRE: Elliott (2) = 2<BR>
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Elliott: Two points for this inspired figment.<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: Interesting, but I don't generally vote for obscure organisms.<BR>
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Embaphium - n. - a chamber in an ossuary where remains are stored prior to final cleaning and re-burial.<BR>
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ERIC: Melissa (2) + Pierre (2) + Jean-Joseph (1) = 5<BR>
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Hutch: Tempting, but no more points. Give this one my imaginary tie-breaker point.<BR>
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Elliott: EMBALM?<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: An embalmery? Not exactly, I guess. But I'll give it a point.<BR>
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Embaphium - n. - [obs.] 1) acting as or the actions of an ambassador; embassage 2) an embassy.<BR>
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HUTCH: Eric (2) + Correct Guess (1) = 3<BR>
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Elliott: EMBASSY?<BR>
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Eric: Two points. For "embassage", and for plausibility.<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: No, it's for an ambaffador, who works at an embaffy, and the confusion arose because of the handwriting style used for the Declaration of Independence ("...the purfuit of happineff")<BR>
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Embaphium – n. - a eulogy in which the speaker subtly discredits the deceased.<BR>
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MELISSA: Correct Guess (1) = 1<BR>
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Hutch: There definitely *should* be a word for this. I've never seen it happen, but it should.<BR>
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Elliott: ENCOMIUM? I like the idea, but I'm out of points. Wouldn't it be a dyslogy, anyway?<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: Bashing the embalmed.<BR>
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Embaphium - n. - a fugitive thought, which, shewing itself for a moment, fleeth the pursuit of the mind. From the Greek, embaphion, a small beast of the chase, as a hare or coney, baphos signifying a thicket or under-brush.<BR>
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ELLIOTT: Jim (2) + Hutch (2) + Eric (1) + Pierre (1) = 6<BR>
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Eric: One point. For "shewing" and "under-brush". My vote for Most Likely <BR>
To Be By Elliott.<BR>
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Hutch: "shewing"? "fleeth"? How old a dictionary did you find? I would give this the 'Most Likely to be David Randall" Award, but he's the round leader!!! Instead, 2 points.<BR>
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Elliott: This definition was invented to describe the *first* definition I came up with for this word, which I have not succeeded in recapturing.<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: I love the archaic phrasing.<BR>
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Piere: One point, because I have often had embaphia. I don't know "baphos", <BR>
but "batos" is "bush" (also "bath", the unit of measure).<BR>
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Embaphium, - n. - a particularly difficult-to-answer question or set of questions.<BR>
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NICOLAS: Fran (2) + Elliott (1) = 3<BR>
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Elliott: It does have that ring to it. ``To everyone's amazement, Scuggins Minor <BR>
successfully sat the embaphium for the Indian Civil.'' One point.<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: "That which baffles".<BR>
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Embaphium - n. - a small chest for holding the hair of a deceased love.<BR>
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JIM: Jean-Joseph (2) + Fran (1) + Correct Guess (1) = 4<BR>
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Hutch: A "chest"????? How many dead lovers would you have to collect hair from to fill even the smallest chest.<BR>
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Elliott: EMBALM? This sounds like something David would come up with, but <BR>
he's/you're running the round this time.<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: Eww. Why do people want to hold onto bits of dead people? But I'll give it two points anyway.<BR>
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Embaphium – n. - a small vessel for measuring or serving medicine.<BR>
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<I>THE PHRONTISTERY </I>WEBSITE: Jim (1) + Melissa (1) + Hutch (1) = 3<BR>
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Jim: 1 point because I like the phrase "serving medicine"<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: These come with every bottle of cough syrup that I buy.</SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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