OWLING ballot (fwd)

[eLLioTT morEton]

Hi,

This is my third try at sending the ballot since Jan. 12th.  Toi, toi, 
toi...

em


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:56:11 -0500 (EST)
From: eLLioTT morEton <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu>
To: fictionary at plover.com
Subject: OWLING ballot

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!

em

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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.