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

[Jim Moskowitz]

That's always been allowed in the past, so I 
don't see why it wouldn't be permitted in this 
round.


At 9:07 PM -0500 7/31/11, JC Ravage wrote:
>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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>>  ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>>  From: "lindafowens at netzero.com" <lindafowens at netzero.com>
>>  To: lindafowens at netzero.net
>>  Subject: Maqui/Maquis Ballot   July 30, 2011
>>  Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:09:58 GMT
>>
>>  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.
>>
>>  Maquis, n.  Hence, the French Resistance that hid out there in WWII.
>>
>>  4)      Maqui, n.  [Wayampi maki] A love 
>>potion made from the sap of the jatobá tree.
>>
>>  Maquis, n.  A canoe made from the truck of the 
>>courbaril, used by indigenous peoples in French 
>>Guiana.
>>
>>  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.)
>>
>>  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.
>>
>>  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  This def was withdrawn 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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