Daryolys ballot -- please vote

[lindafowens]

Votes are due by Wed., May 7, '01
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Subject: daryolys defs


  
Daryolys  Defs to vote on

 

1.)    daryolys: (n) the inner tips of the individual sepals of flowering  plants.  Also see caryolys.

2.)    daryolys: (n) (fr. Old Church Slavonic; dar [gift] and yolys [hermit])-1. a manor bequeathed to a monastery or nunnery. 2. a serf in service to a monastery; usually (but not always) legally attached to a daryolys manor. 3. (colloq.) a literate serf.

3.)    daryolys: (n) the quietest sound perceptible by humans, equivalent to about 1x10^-12W/m^2 of intensity.

4.)    daryolys (n) a stylized floral design that originated in 5th century BCE Persia.

5.)    daryolys (n pl.) small pastries, in the form of cheese or custard tarts, popular during the Middle Ages.

6.)    daryolys (n) the common water sprite or "chukka" of the bog, whose venom induces jocularity.

7.)    daryolys  (n) an immature ladybug 

8.)    daryolys  (n pl.) In the Russian Orthodox Church, extra clerical assistants (e.g. celebrants, deacons, choir members) used during special masses with large attendance, such as at Easter and Christmas, or for celebrity weddings and funerals, to provide extra volume and visibility, and to speed up communion.

9.)    daryolys  (n) a variety of blue-green algae with needle-like growths, common to Asia

10.) daryolys (n) a ring attached to a plastic bottle top. The daryolys is broken when the bottle is opened, indicating that the factory seal has been broken.

11.) daryolys (n) In Greek prosody, a poem with a steady rhythm throughout.

12.) daryolys (n) A style of floral wallpaper or upholstery briefly popular in eighteenth century Wales.  Fell out of favor because the bone oil used in its manufacture made it extremely flammable.

13.) daryolys (n)  a species of pygmy hippopotamus used by Guinean fishermen to retrieve kelp buds, much as pigs are employed to root out truffles.

14.) daryolys (n) A mounted archer of the Byzantine army.

15.) daryolys (n) A technique for elimination and prevention of gallstones through meditation and application of heated compresses containing various herbs.

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