[Fictionary] glip, gurning, mediser -- ballot

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Howdy all,

Ballot below.  Please vote for ONE definition within each word.

Votes are due by the evening of WEDNESDAY, 12 January. That gives you 
a little over a week.

Enjoy!


GLIP

glip, n. Oversimplification.

glip, n. The space between your toes and the tip of the shoe, as 
measured on a glipometer by a shoe salesman. glip, v. To slide along 
the sidewalk on sheer ice.

glip, n. Polishing compound for earring posts. glip, v. To excise the 
heartwood (of a tree) while leaving most of the tree standing.

glip, n. A nasal kiss, in which the heads are tilted and nostrils are 
addressed to nostrils.

glip, v. To lengthen, level or straighten by adding small amounts of 
material; to shim.

glip, n. (1) The bite of a feral chicken. (2) A harmless treachery.

glip, n. An obsolete painting medium made from the resin of the pistachio tree.

glip, n. The oily streak marking the track of a surfaced whale.


GURNING

gurning, adj. Tending to produce paisley patterns.

gurning, adj. Being carried by wagon or truck. gurning, n. A convoy, 
esp. of land vehicles; a wagon train.

gurning, n. (1) The bite of a feral chicken. (2) A harmless treachery.

gurning, n. (1) The pulling of strange or scary faces as a 
competitive sport. (2) The involuntary, chronic, and destructive 
tooth grinding attendant upon overindulgence in amphetamines.

gurning, n. The feeling you have to vomit, just before you do.

gurning, n. (1) The method of propagating plants by packing soil 
around a branch stripped of a ring of bark, waiting for roots to 
grow, and cutting the branch. (2) A plant so propagated.

gurning, n. (1)  Discoloration on the ceiling above a chandelier 
formed by combustion products from the candle flames. (2)  Simulated 
gurning painted above an electric chandelier.


MEDISER

mediser, n. (1) The bite of a feral chicken. (2) A harmless treachery.

mediser, n. Someone who gives unsolicited medical advice.

mediser, n. An undercover mounted police officer.

mediser, n. A flunky, lackey, henchman, stooge, servant, sidekick; 
usu. for a maleficent master.

mediser, v. to speak aimlessly and at length, esp. in an academic setting.

mediser, n. A judge of a court martial in the Ottoman Empire.

mediser, n. A self-adjusting valve on a steam radiator.

Mediser, n. One who aids or is sympathetic to Persians.

mediser, n. Any footnote, appendix, codicil, etc. which is comparable 
to or greater in size than the text it supplements.


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