[Fictionary] orling/stadda ballot

[Pierre Abbat]

Please vote the usual onesies/twosies by a week from now.

Pierre
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orling, n. Tiny bell shaped flower extending from the stadda of a modified 
leaf, or a bunch of such flowers descending from the underside of a modified 
leaf.

orling, n. The child of an earl killed by a stadda.
stadda, n. A berserker who has killed an earl.

orling, adj. Of a dragon, actively venturing from its cave, feeding 
indiscriminately, acting combatively, and seeking to increase its hoard. 
Periods of a few months to a few years of orling can alternate with decades 
or centuries of stadda (which see).

orling, n. A practice wherein the presumptive winner of a competition donates 
a large prize for first place, in order to increase the prestige of the 
event, with the expectation that he will win it back.
stadda, n. An honor or title conveyed by a monarch on himself or his heir.

stadda, n. (dial.) A stout tube of reed or cane, used formerly by inhabitants 
of the Fenlands to draw away mosquitoes by exhaling at a distance.
orling, n. (dial.) 1. A method of long-distance acoustic signaling through 
swampwater using bubbles blown by means of a stadda (q.v.).  2. (sl.) 
Inaccurate or incomprehensible talk; gibberish.

stadda, n. Old Austrian coin worth about 10 orlingen. Cf, more modern 
Oesterreichische schilling or Deutsche mark, which preceded today's Euro.

stadda, n. A saw with parallel blades, used to make orlings.

orling, n. A sterile, female stadda (cf., freemartin).

orling, n. Eastasia stada topspeak.
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