<div><div dir="auto">I probably won’t really get around to tabulating the votes until tomorrow, so here’s your last minute voting opportunity in case you haven’t voted yet, or want to sneak in a few extra votes and see if I notice. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com" target="_blank">ranjit@moonmilk.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Here are eight definitions, of which only one comes from a more or less legitimate dictionary! As usual, please give both a 2 point vote and a 1 point vote. Get your votes in by Wednesday night, please.</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>burling, n. The activity of visiting shopping malls hunting for bargains.<br></div><div><br></div><div>burling, n. (Naut.) 1. Tightly coiled rope or cable. 2. A brewing mutiny.</div><div><br></div><div>burling - n. - stripped, washed, stripped, and dried jute fibres ready to be woven into burlap</div><div><br></div><div>burling (v) Dressing or finishing cloth by removing knots, lumps, slubs, or loose threads.<br></div><div><br></div><div>burling,
n. a large, circular chamber dug in the center of a rabbit warren, used
as a nest by the highest-ranking doe of the colony. <br></div><div><br></div><div>burling,
n. A customs official in charge of enforcing regulations on foreign
currency and currency exchange. (Fr. Russ. "болгяг", guard.)</div><div><br></div><div>burling
(n.) -- 1. A failure mode of lava lamps, in which wax stops
circulating and accumulates at the top due to a weak or reversed
temperature gradient. 2. Obstructed turnover in rotating leadership
positions owing to a lack of willing successors.</div><div><br></div><div>burling - adj. - Reliable, trustworthy, dependable.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div></div></div>
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