[Fictionary] BETYL and CIERGE ballot

[fictioneric at cluemail.com]

Hi all,

I apologize again for slowness.  I promise to *never again* run a 
round when *anything at all* is happening in my life.

Vote as usual, two points and one point, due by 7pm on Saturday, 15 September.

Enjoy!

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betyl, adj.  Modifying a type of fuel, as in betyl alcohol, used in
     certain automobiles.

cierge, n.  A modern hybrid vehicle using electric, petroleum,
     and/or other fuel sources, such as wood.

     The TV crew featured the new sleek Pontiac Cierge, which uses
     betyl alcohol for its main fuel, along with an electric motor
     with rechargable solar panels, thus adding fuel-efficiency to a
     resurrected old favorite muscle car.  "You can buy any color as
     long as it's green."

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betyl, n.  An ochre semiprecious stone

cierge, n.  The owner of a rental building

     I bribed the cierge with a betyl to get an apartment.

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betyl, v.  To plant an orchard in rows with alternating spacing.

cierge, n.  The crown of a fruit tree.

     The grower widely betylled his apple trees, so that the best
     fruit of the cierge could be easily reached during the harvest.

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betyl, n.  Feigned politeness.

cierge, n.  Refined aggressiveness.

     Beverly bit her tongue and displayed diplomatic betyl, unsure
     how to respond to his attempts to impress her with his cierge in
     what should have been a friendly game of croquet against her
     father.

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betyl, n.  A class of thermoplastics derived from beta-polymer
     resins.

cierge, n.  The difference, for a given material and machining or
     cutting method, between the ideal resulting surface and the
     expected actual result.

     When cutting quarter-inch acrylics or betyls, plan for a cierge
     of about 0.05 inches; for acetyls, the cierge is closer to 0.02
     inches.
             -- User's Manual, Epilog 35 Watt Laser Engraver

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betyl, n.  A sacred stone, often a standing stone fashioned into a
     conical shape.

cierge, n.  A wax candle used in religous rites.

     The chamber was hardly lit by the cierges burning in irregular
     niches about the crude stone walls; but before him, Lawrie saw
     the betyl shining in its own lambent glow, the unnatural light
     seeming more to writhe unctuously about the stone than issue
     from it.

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betyl, n.  A tool for uncapping honeycomb cells, consisting of a
     knife that slides in a frame which holds the comb.

cierge, n.  A device consisting of a heater and a filter for removing
     bee's knees and other objects from wax.

     Debra took a comb out of the meligot and put it in the cierge,
     then put another from the betyl into the meligot to drain the
     honey. She realized she had taken the wrong comb when she found
     a schadon in the cierge.


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