[Fictionary] Re: dule definitions

[Hutch]

New votes over the weekend from J-J, Fran, and Jim have moved one of
the entries into a *fairly* strong lead, but it's not unbeatable. Vote
for your favorite! I'll send out results in about 4 or 5 hours.

BB,
Hutch

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, we have a close race so far, but I've only got six votes. Let's
> run it out through the weekend. Please vote by Monday evening.
>
> I have votes from Ranjit, Linda, David, Judith, Eric, and Pierre.
> (Fairly unusual to have more fictionitions than votes.)
>
> BB,
> Hutch
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> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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,
>> Hutch
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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.