the prill ballot

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Folks --

Entries below.  Twelve definitions, only one correct.

VOTING RULES: You have FOUR (4) voting points.  Distribute them (in 
integers) as you will.  But the scoring is biased to reward those who 
venture their all on a single entry, as follows:

     1 vote for the correct entry: gain 1 point
     2 votes for the correct entry: gain 3 points
     3 votes for the correct entry: gain 5 points
     4 votes for the correct entry: gain 8 points

(That is, the number of points you gain for a correct vote is roughly 
the number of points you ventured on that entry, raised to the 3/2 
power.)

Points gained by others voting for your entry are not multiplied. 
Someone gives four points to your def, you get four points.

Votes are due in one week, by close of (EST) business on Tuesday 9 
January 2007.

Have fun!

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prill, n. (fr. the name of the heroine in the novel _Outlaw of Mars_
     by American science-fiction author Leigh Brackett)  1. (1950s
     and 1960s science-fiction-fan slang) An attractive female
     science fiction fan.  2. (1980s and 1990s Hollywood slang) A
     young actress typecast in science fiction movies, often with the
     pejorative implication of limited acting abilities.  3. (2000s
     teen slang) An attractive, "spacey" young woman.

prill, n.  The sound a baby chick or duckling makes to its mother
     while still in the egg, in response to its mother's prilling.
     prill, v.  To communicate as between a mother and unborn chick
     while in incubation.

prill, v.  To quickly sort through or inspect seeds, grains,
     precious stones, etc. by spreading them out on a tray.

prill, n.  The call of the snipe.  prill, v.  To utter a purring
     whistle like a snipe.

prill, n.  "In Queensland head boxing, a swinging blow delivered
     with the side of the head to the side of the opponent's head."
     (Bowes' Dictionary of Sport, 1910)

prill, n.  The dust, etc., that collects under one's fingernails.

prill, n.  An adjustable plate used to attach a theodolite to a
     tripod.

prill, adj. (dial.)  Dangerously stormy.

prill, n.  Fossilized beach sand.

prill, n.  A small aggregate of material, most often a dry pellet,
     formed by allowing drops of the prill substance to congeal in
     mid-air by being dripped from the top of a prilling tower.

prill, n.  An extraneous mark on an engraving plate that mars the
     printed picture.

prill, n.  A slurry of glass beads (dia. 500 - 900 microns) and
     water, used as a final polishing compound for comparatively soft
     minerals in lapidary work.  prill, v.  To polish using this
     compound.


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