[Fictionary] Last chance for PREED voting

[Jim Moskowitz]

A reminder: polls close in under 24 hours!


At 12:31 PM -0400 10/5/09, Jim Moskowitz wrote:
>Here are eleven definitions of the word PREED!
>Personally, I think they're all winners, but in truth there can be 
>only one winner.  So cast your votes, one 2-point vote and one 
>1-point vote (with ties being broken by whoever gets the most 
>2-point votes, so I suppose that should be 2-plus-epsilon). Polls 
>are open from now until Saturday noon (EDT).   -Jim
>
>
>preed - adj. - [Appalachian dialect]  Primped, primed.  "He was all 
>preed up for the senior prom".
>
>preed - v. (past tense) - Tasted tentatively, sampled.
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>preed - n. - A rabid squirrel.
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>preed - n. - A characteristic tic or mannerism indeterminate between 
>endearing and intolerable. [Preed v. Preed, 435 U.S. 212, 241 (1928) 
>(Holmes, J., dissenting).]
>
>preed - n. - Knitted pants worn under mail armor in the colder months.
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>preed - n. - In Passerine morphology, where the tail feathers join the body.
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>preed - v. - (Mackem) To fasten planks to the frame of a ship.
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>preed - n. - A bit with decorative knobs and side pieces, used for show horses
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>preed - n. - An accomplice to a pickpocket who pretends to receive 
>the stolen item and, if necessary, acts suspicious in order to draw 
>attention away from the actual drop recipient.
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>preed - adj. - Planned, intended
>
>preed - n. - A seed coat (testa) that ruptures at germination, as 
>seen in most eudicots.