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From: Fran Poodry [mailto:fpoodry at speakeasy.net]
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2006 06:40 PM
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Subject: GUIVER ballot

Here are the proposed definitions for
GUIVER
Please send in one 1-point vote and one 2-point vote, by Saturday morning,
October 7th, 2006.  I'll compile the votes and send them out that afternoon.
-Fran

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guiver -n.-  The chain harness in which a whale is secured beside a ship, so
that blubber may be stripped off the carcass in a continuous roll.

 
guiver -n.-  A waxed, curled moustache, with points protruding away from the
wearer's face and up into his field of vision, used to find the range in a
duel.

 
guiver -n.-  The stable-hand in charge of the King's steeds.

 
guiver -v.-  [falconry] To spiral inwards; compare guiser and gyre.

 
guiver -n.-  A ruse.  -v.-  To attempt to fool someone.

 
guiver -n.-  (also gyver) [Austral. & NZ sl.]  1.  Plausible talk.  2.
Affectation of speech or manner.
 
 
guiver -n.-  In feudal England, a document exempting a man from some kind of
service to his lord.

 
guiver, -n.-  One who engraves armor.

 
guiver -n.-  A two-handled spade.

 
guiver -v.-  To use implied suicide threats as a method of persuasion.

 
guiver -n.-  A tapestry edged with enamel medallions.  Originally referring
to products of the Guivres weaveries, in the Limoges district of France.