burladero, cudbear, dornick -- the ballot

[fictioneric at cluemail.com]

Greetings, Fictioneers!

Three words at once seems to have been rather the challenge, so we 
have only 7-1/3 entries this round.  But you now get to choose which 
of those brave definers shall take home the laurels to rest on!

The rules: you have nine (9) points.  Distribute them how you will, 
as positive integers, among the definitions for all three words. 
E.g., give one definition nine points, or give one point to each of 
nine definitions, or anything in between.  (Hmmm.  One of you has 
noted that they know one of the words.  That person should vote with 
only six points.)

Get your votes in by 12 noon, EST, on Wednesday, February 15.  That's 
a week and a day from now.  Enjoy!

The definitions:

burladero
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   burladero, n. a wooden shield near the wall in a bullring for
     bullfighters to take shelter behind if pursued.

   burladero, n. [Sp. burlar, to deceive] a stage magician; a liar.

   burladero, n. [Sp.] a prankster, a clown.

   burladero, n. a device consisting of a rope with the end formed into
     a large loop with sackcloth stretched across it, used for
     catching animals.

   burladero, n. a Mexican manufacturer of heavy fabric bags.

   burladero, n. Spanish craft of ornate wood carving.

   burladero, n. 1. a fringed garment. 2. (derogatory) tallit.

   burladero, n. 1.  An informer, particularly one set to monitor the
     political reliability of cowboys in the field.  [From Buro de la
     Derogacion Nacional, a security service in Peronist Argentina.]
     2. Hence, the Argentine cattle parakeet (Psitticus loquax).

   burladero, n. a leather cover for spurs used to protect floors,
     furniture, etc. from damage.


dornick
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   dornick, n. a tumbler and spring device that freezes a steering
     mechanism when the ignition key is not in position.

   dornick, n. a template used by architects to draw commonly occurring
     features.

   dornick, n. a front spoiler on a racing car.

   dornick, n. [London thieves' cant] a very skillful burglar; one so
     successful that he "nicks the door".

   dornick, v. to steal something at a checkpoint by delaying the
     victim while the item is being inspected.

   dornick, n. the old man who either does or doesn't let you in,
     depending on whether you've tipped him recently.

   dornick, n. a small stone that is easy to throw.

   dornick, adj. out of style, unfashionable. n. one who is dornick.


cudbear
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   cudbear, n. a cudgel or club; usu. intricately carved and decorated.

   cudbear, adj. in exercise of equitable authority, when this
     authority is exercised by an entity other than a court.

   cudbear, n. a violet coloring matter obtained from various lichens.

   cudbear, n. an ursine ruminant, native to Australia.

   cudbear, n. a parasite similar to the tapeworm, which uses rabbits
     as a host.

   cudbear, n. [Gaelic cad Bearla, what an Englishman] an Anglophone
     who moves to the Gaeltacht and refuses to learn Gaelic.

   cudbear, n. [Norfolk dial.] honey.

   cudbear, n. a stuffed toy used as a surrogate mother for laboratory
     animals.

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