PONASK - Ladeez an' gennelmen, getcher bets down!

[Hutch]

Don't forget to get your votes in on the 'ponask' 
definitions below.

So far I've got votes only from Fran, Judith, and Ranjit.

Don't worry too much about being late. I don't think I'll 
be able to do anything with totalling up until late Tuesday 
or early Wednesday.

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Below you'll find a wide variety of oddball and off-the-
wall definitions for our new word. One and only one is the 
correct definition. Vote, as usual, for your favorite and 
your second favorite: 2 points and 1. Votes are due by 
Monday, 2004 August 23, 'end of the day'.

BB,
Hutch

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ponask  n.  a stone anvil used in the fabrication of arrow 
points.

ponask  n.  johnnycake stuffed with peppers, ham, etc.

ponask  n.  1. Also _ponask effect_. Suction produced when 
strong wind is channelled between adjacent circular 
structures. 2. A triangular array of tents or similar 
structures which reduces this suction.

ponask  n.  beer fermented with a lump of rock salt.

ponask  v.  to surround food with cut greenery as in a 
wreath around the main entree of a meal.

ponask  n.  among eastern Algonquians, one who was expelled 
from the tribe for violation of the totem laws.

ponask  n.  a tubular hat of Persian lamb fur.

ponask  v.  to cook game by splitting it and roasting it on 
a spit.

ponask  adj.  rounded at the corners, as a wooden block 
made safer for children.

ponask  n.  a protective girdle of woven leather straps.