<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I said votes were due by the end of today, but as is customary, I'll give you another day of extension, so, but the end of tomorrow (Monday). I already have votes from Jim, Nicolas, Eric, David, Fran, Josh, Ranjit, and Pierre.</div><div><br></div><div>Jean-Joseph</div><div><br> </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">J-J Cote</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:marydevinechandler@gmail.com">marydevinechandler@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 8:59 AM<br>Subject: OCTROI ballot<br>To: fictionary group <<a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Here are a bunch of fanciful definitions for OCTROI, and one real one (hint: it's a noun). As usual, let me know your best guess and second-best guess as to the one that rings true, as <a href="http://well.as" target="_blank">well.as</a> any comments you might want to add. Votes due by the end of Sunday, February 25. Replies can come to me at this address.</div><div><br></div><div>Jean-Joseph</div><div>________________________________</div><div><br></div>octroi - n. - A monarch of one of the eight states that result from the breakup of a kingdom.<div><div><br></div><div>
octroi - n. -
The prince governors of the eight "Silver Cities" of Anatolia in the Seleucid Empire.</div><br><div>
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octroi - n. -
The set of eight caretakers assigned to provide all-hours vigilance at a small temple or shrine for a local deity.</div><div><br></div><div>
octroi - n. - A ring of small filaments surrounding the mouth, used by many bony fishes to find prey by detecting underwater vibrations and electrical fields. </div><div><br></div>
octroi - n. -
A large, ornate eight-spoked wheel design featuring the owner's coat of arms. Popular on the coronation coaches of late 18th century European monarchs.<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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octroi - n. - In the Scottish Rite, the seven member sovereign council
of a Lodge of the Northern Jurisdiction. (Note: the council consisted of
eight members until the reforms of 1879.) <br></div><div><br></div>
octroi - n. -
(from oc troi, "against Troy") 1) A smuggler of arms to the Greek rebels during the Greek Wars of Independence. 2) A young man given to vain boasting. 3) A pretentious poet.</div><div><br></div>
<div>octroi - n. - An order of men at Athens, in the time of Pericles, who
had been proved by their mutual testimony to have ascended the Nile past
the Seventh Cataract to its source in the eternal ice of the Equatorial
mountains. </div><div><br></div><div>
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<div>octroi - n. -
1)<span><span><b> </b>A concession or privilege granted by an absolute sovereign and serving as a limitation on his authority. </span></span>2<span><span>) a:</span></span><span><span><b> </b>A tax on commodities brought into a town or city especially in certain European countries,<b> </b>a municipal customs. </span></span><span><span>b:</span></span><span><span><b> </b>The agency for collecting such a tax or the city entrance at which it is collected.</span>
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<div><br></div><div>Octroi - n. - The ruling council of the islands of
the northern Aegean Sea, during at least the Peloponnesian War (431–404
BCE); no remaining records identify the full extent of its rule, but the
name leads scholars to conclude that it controlled at least the eight
largest islands (Lesbos, Chios (aka Scio), Lemnos, Samos, Thasos, Imbros
(today Gökçeada), Icaria, and Samothrace) of the region..</div>
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joke definition: Octroi, proper noun. The eighth Deanna clone created by Thomas Riker trying to recreate the transporter accident that created him.
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