[Fictionary] OCHE ballot

Ranjit Bhatnagar ranjit at moonmilk.com
Wed Jun 5 15:22:52 EDT 2013


You know how it goes!  Send me your votes before the weekend is over. I'll
be in Paris [!] and my time for internets may be limited, so it might take
me a little longer to get things tallied up.



oche, n. A device for holding a jewel, consisting of several arms closed
partway over the jewel with pliers.


oche - n. - a fairy's slave


Oche, expletive.  Fr. Afrikaans.  Used mildly, it means something like
"RATS!"  Used more wildly, it is more like an unprintable expletive.
 Possibly derived from a word that means "Ache".  Used somewhat like the
German "ACH!"


oche (n.) -- A hat equipped with a sound-collecting brim for hearing
sermons, reputedly also used for eavesdropping.


oche - n. - [ comp. "ache" ] a non-painful, continuous physical sensation,
usu. not very strong


oche, n (darts) the mark or ridge on the floor behind which a player must
stand to throw [of unknown origin; perhaps connected with obsolete oche to
chop off, from Old French ocher to cut a notch in]


oche, n. (fm. Chinese) A bell hung from a horn, used by Uighur herdsmen to
track their animals.


oche, adj. in an awkward and lazy manner.


oche - n. - Variant of oak.
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