picoline? picoline?
Jean-Joseph Cote
jjcote at juno.com
Thu Jun 15 22:33:06 EDT 2000
Gimme a one, gimme a two, gimme those guesses by the solstice.
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picoline - n. - A type of fabric with very fine barring, sim. corduroy.
picoline - n. - 1. nineteenth century Glasgow brand of wax,
intended for wooden musical instruments and antique
furniture. 2. (Scottish slang) an appreciative description
of delicate flattery.
picoline - n. - The tremor and loss of fine motor control associated
with tertiary syphilis.
picoline - n. - Any of three isomeric liquid methylpyridine bases,
C6H7N, derived from coal tar, horse urine, and bone oil and
used as an industrial solvent.
picoline - n. - An Italian folk instrument of the woodwind family.
picoline - adj. - In woodworking, describing a series of cones
alternating with inverted cones.
picoline - v. - To wiretap a teleport booth.
picoline - adj. - (Anat.) Pertaining to the space between the tonsils.
picoline - n. - A child-sized crinoline.
picoline - adj. - Diminutive in size; miniscule.
picoline - n. - A substance extracted from the fungus Picola cedri
and used to treat psoriasis and other skin diseases.
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