[Fictionary] eu3 ballot

[Pierre Abbat]

Here are ten defs for each of the three words "eulachon", "euphroe", 
and "eutely". You have nine votes to allocate to any of them, and may vote up 
to three points for a def. Polls close in one week.

EULACHON
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eulachon, n. The pool of customers who are subject to the terms of an end user 
license agreement.
eulachon, n. A contract that remains in force after the signer's death.
eulachon, n. Any of Calliope's maidservants, or all of them as a group.
eulachon, n. A container holding a wide variety of objects, e.g., a 
cornucopia.
eulachon, n. A candlefish.
eulachon, n. Any wheeled vehicle in which the load is balanced on a single 
axle -- as, a cart, gig, rickshaw, sulky, wheelbarrow, etc.
eulachon, n. (sport.) In eulachon-euphroe-eutely, the grimace which beats 
euphroe and is beaten by eutely.  No exact description survives, though 
Socrates is said by Aristophanes (_Clouds_) to have worn this expression 
permanently.
eulachon, n. Really super delicious organic coffee with organic honey, organic 
milk, and (usually) organic vanilla flavoring.
eulachon, n. Tears of joy.
eulachon, n. True tears, as opposed to crocodile tears.  Poetic, from Alice's 
Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

EUPHROE
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euphroe, n. A scalp ointment with aromas of wintergreen, cloves, vanilla, and 
menthol.
euphroe, n. The original form of a tool that was like a pick axe but flattened 
on one side.  From the Book of Garden Tools by Hiram Hess
euphroe, n. The very finest caviar, from Caspian or Black Sea sturgeon.
euphroe, n. The abandonment of infants in the wilderness.
euphroe, n. An attractive female accomplice employed by a pickpocket to 
distract the victim.  Also _flea-molly_, _ribbon_.
euphroe, n. A device similar to a pulley, but with no wheels, used for the 
ropes that hold up an awning.
euphroe, n. A flowering plant in which the sepals are a strongly-contrasting 
color to the leaves.
euphroe, adj. (Nautical) Corroded by seawater.
euphroe, n. (sport.) In eulachon-euphroe-eutely, the grimace which beats 
eutely and is beaten by eulachon.  No exact description survives, though 
Alcibiades is said by Aristophanes (_Clouds_) to have worn this expression 
permanently.
euphroe, n. A waterproof jacket, usu. of heavy cloth or canvas; sou'wester; 
mackinaw.

EUTELY
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eutely, adv. Spoken in a style that sounds like a well-rehearsed lie.
eutely, n. An herb of the water parsnip family that is edible, as opposed to a 
similar form that is poisonous.  Fromm's Herbal
eutely, adj. Advantageous, profitable.
eutely, adv. Done with grace and dignity.
eutely, n. The philosophical tenet that all things tend towards perfection.
eutely, n. A peaceful death.
eutely, n. (sport.) In eulachon-euphroe-eutely, the grimace which beats 
eulachon and is beaten by euphroe.  No exact description survives, though 
Aeschylus is said by Aristophanes (_Clouds_) to have worn this expression 
permanently.
eutely, n. A small pair of wooden tongs used for removing hosts from a 
chalice.
eutely, n. An ancient musical instrument, consisting of two to five strings on 
a slightly bowed neck, some examples have a hollow in the base.
eutely, n. The property of a species that all members have the same pattern of 
cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or 
in the nervous system.

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