[Fictionary] Fw: Maqui/Maquis Ballot July 30, 2011

[JC Ravage]

Can someone vote if they didn't submit a definition?

JC

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 5:14 PM, lindafowens at netzero.com
<lindafowens at netzero.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Maqui/Maquis Ballot   July 30, 2011
> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:09:58 GMT
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> MAQUI/MAQUIS BALLOT     July 30, 2011
> HI, Send in your votes (a-one and-a-two and-a) by Friday, August 5.  Note: I capitalized the defs, rather arbitrarily, to both prevent and incur confusion.  Linda
> 1)      Maqui, n. Fermented mango juice, used ceremonially.
>        Maquis, n. A Tahitian religious leader.
> 2)      Maqui, n.  The wire screen used in making rag paper.
> Maquis, adj. Matte; dull and flat.
> 3)      Maqui, n.  Thick bush country in the south of France, named for the nutritious berry that grows there.
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> Maquis, n.  Hence, the French Resistance that hid out there in WWII.
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> 4)      Maqui, n.  [Wayampi maki] A love potion made from the sap of the jatobá tree.
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> Maquis, n.  A canoe made from the truck of the courbaril, used by indigenous peoples in French Guiana.
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> Note: Wayampi straddles the French Guiana/ Brazil border. The tree called “jatobá” in Portuguese is called “courbaril” in French and botany (and “guapinol” in Spanish.)
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> 5)      Maqui, n. A pitchfork used as a griddle.
> Maquis, n.  Parallel welts found on the belly and thighs of accordion players.
> 6)      Maqui, n.  (also called mockee or mocky).  A logo or badge on the grill, tail, etc. of an automobile, placed there by the dealer.
> Maquis, n.  A coat-of-arms of one of Les Deux-Cents, the two hundred and six registered noble families of France.
> 7)      Maqui, n. [Rhode Island dial fr. Portuguese]  A freemartin.
> Maquis, n. [Rhode Island dial, fr. Portuguese]  A cross-dresser.
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> Extra def from Nicolas:  The Maquis are a faction of armed Federation citizens operating in the Demilitarized Zone in the border with Cardassian Space.  This def was withdrawn because “People would know it’s me.”
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