[Fictionary] dule definitions

[Hutch]

Well, an interesting group of selections. Please make your votes by
Friday, 2010 March 12, late afternoon/early evening. (I might extend
it over the weekend if there has not been sufficient response.)
Standard two- and one-point votes. I will consider imaginary
tie-breaker votes, but only in breaking a tie for the win.

BB,
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dule - n. - A non-physician childbirth attendant. v. To attend and aid
a woman in labor.

dule - n. - (Mil slang) The round ball atop a flagpole. According to
the most common version of the legend, some German-Americans were
installing a flagpole near Bayonne, NJ before a crowd of GI onlookers.
The ball dropped, and one of the workers cried, "Ach, du lieber!".

dule - n. - (Acadian; < Fr: dule 'bear cub') - a mischievous child.

dule - n. - (< Lat: dolere 'grieve') - a group or company of doves.

dule - adj. - 1. Stodgy, prudish. 2. Lethargic.

dule - n. - [döö lä'] (< Lat: ducto leguleius) archaic slang for a not
guilty plea, when homicide is justifiable due to adultery.

dule - v. - Stitch multiple layers of cloth together.

dule - n. - (< Gael: dhiulle) - the six-handed Irish harp. The
medieval originals ranged from six to eight feet in length, although
modern exemplars have been built up to twelve feet in length.

dule - n. - A horse-driven timber windlass.

dule - n. - A monk who assists other monks in a large scribal project,
such as compiling a concordance.

dule - n. - a measure of the degree of feathering of the floats of a
paddle wheel.