OWLING ballot

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Here they are!  This round is Olde Style.  You have a 2-point vote and a 
1-point vote.  Comments, verse, ``awards'', etc. are solicited, and will 
be included along with the results.  They may be used to break ties.

Votes are due in one week, i.e., by Saturday the 19th.  Go to!

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owling (n.) A type of phlange used on mechanized weaving equipment that 
aids in retying warp threads.

owling (n.) A midnight hoedown.

owling (n.)  Attempting to discover a co-worker's password by peeking at 
the keyboard during password entry.  "Dude, so you know I ask Andrei if he 
knows why the message queue is empty? And so we're at his desk, and I have 
to login as JBoss, and I swear he's owling every time I had to log in."

owling (n.) In a slaughterhouse, the bar that prevents the animal from 
going forward.

owling (n.)  So called from it's being ufually carried on in the night, is 
the offence of tranfporting wool or fheep out of this kingdom, to the 
detriment of it's ftaple manufacture.

owling (n.) (Edwardian Cambridge slang, mock-Cockney) - 1. Loud admiration 
of a resident of Girton College.  2. A romantic liaison with a Girtonian.

owling (n.) Using photographic techniques to "see" in the darkness. 
(Slang term used by field biologists)

owling (n.) 1. A technique for creating a decorative texture in mortar, by 
pressing rope into the spaces between newly-laid bricks. 2. The texture 
created by this technique.
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Joke defs:

Linda:
owling, n.? Cockey shout.

Ranjit:
Owling, J.K.R. - author of the Harry P. Otter series of fantasy books for 
children.

owling (n.) - the erodynamic casing of an irplane engine.