Ruttlin definitions -- speed round!

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I just learned I'm going to be away for most of next week, so let's have  
votes by the end of the day on Saturday, and I'll send out the results  Sunday.  
Nothing fancy; voting a la Jed.
 
Melissa
 
 
ruttlin - n. - pl.  ruttlins,  a  pest, usually an insect such as a gnat or 
mosquito which  annoyingly circles one’s head  (2) - v. - (also ruttle) to 
annoy as if by a  gnat or mosquito, perhaps by using a feather to tickle the face 
of  a  napping person 
ruttlin - n.  (Dorset dial.) - the wooden  frame that supports the thatched 
roof of a cottage 
ruttlin -  n. - a Civil War repeater rifle manufactured in Bridesburg, PA 
from 1862-1865.   It was fitted with a triangular bayonet and used 
"self-contained rim-fire  cartridges, which were fed from seven-shot magazine in butt 
stock." Source: The  Fireside Book of Guns by Larry Koller 
ruttlin - adj. -  rotund 
ruttlin - n. - a  handgrip in the form of a ball or hemisphere as on a 
projecting  spoke 
ruttlin - n. - a  chewing gum made from pine sap and sawdust 
ruttlin - n. - a  personal anecdote used habitually to justify an opinion in 
the face of contrary  evidence 
ruttlin - n. - a comb  with widely-spaced teeth, used in the marbling process 
to create patterns in  floating paint 
ruttlin - n. (Cornish  dialect) - the sound of phlegm rattling in the 
bronchial  tubes 
ruttlin - n - 1. A  kind of rough canvas from northern England. 2. The 
cording used  for this canvas, also used for traction on bicycle tires in  winter 
ruttlin - n. - finely  stranded polyester or nylon used to provide tensile 
strength in cables that use  very light-gauge copper conductor wires 
ruttlin - adv. - an  obscene adverb in Appalachian dialect 
BONUS 
ruttlin - n. - a  medication for attention deficit disorder in  snakes
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