MOFETTE results!

[metasilk at sover.net]

You know the drill: pick two, one for 2 and one for 1.

Oh wait, deadline... um.... next Thursday night midnight your time. (I'll
probably check my email around 8 or 9 Friday morning New England time.)

Cheers!
Kir, who had a busier week than expected.

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LANGRET - n. - A tall wading bird.

LANGRET - n. - In Scotland, a sad, slow, melodious song of unrequited love. cf.
Am. torch song or Port. fado.  

LANGRET - n. - The sadness one feels when one realizes that one will never
speak
French like a native. 

LANGRET - n. - A kind of loaded die.

LANGRET - n. - 1.  An oscine songbird, Mimus proteus, whose eggs are laid in
the
nests of other species and whose young develop song, plumage, and size similar
to those of the host.  
2.  (Also langrette; more at -ETTE. pej.)  A graduate student who unconsciously
takes on mannerisms, turns of phrase, style of hair and clothing, or other
incidental traits of his or her adviser.

LANGRET - v. - In the game of innebandy (floorball), to move the ball forward
across two lines without making the required lateral pass to another player.

LANGRET - n. - A tool used in an evaporation pool to stir or collect sea salt.

LANGRET - n. - An elevated observation post.

LANGRET - n. - On some birds, an area of bare skin between the beak and the
eye.