[Fictionary] SNATTOCK votes due Wednesday!

[eLLioTT morEton]

Polls close for SNATTOCK Wednesday evening (tomorrow), whenever I get 
around to tallying the results --- say 9 p.m. EST or later.  I have votes 
so far from Fran, David, Linda, Jim, Ranjit, Hutch, Andrew, Pierre, Nick, 
and Amelia.  If you don't vote, you don't get to complain about who won!

Regards,
em



On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, eLLioTT morEton wrote:

> Fellow citizens!
>
> The needle of truth is escorted today by a bodyguard of thirteen lying 
> haystraws, which I have edited for uniformity.  Scoring is a` la Jed, as 
> usual:  You have a two-point vote and a one-point vote, to be assigned to two 
> different definitions.  You get as many points as others gave your def, plus 
> as many points as you gave the winner.  You may also give any number of 
> awards, which confer no points but may break a tie.  Song, verse, ASCII art, 
> kinetic sculpture, etc. are also encouraged.  Please send completed ballots 
> to em at swarpa.net.  The polls close in one week, i.e., on Jan. 15th.
>
> And now ... THE CANDIDATES!
>
> Regards,
> em
>
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> snattock (n.)  Fisherman's term for the caudal peduncle, that portion of the 
> fish's tail to which the tail fin (caudal fin) is attached.
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> snattock (n.)  An aerial maneuver in which an aircraft uses the gyroscopic 
> precession of its propeller to rotate about different axes while at the peak 
> of a steep ascent.
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> snattock (n.)  A pickpocket specializing in watches and rings.
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> snattock (n.) (Northumberland dialect)  A small amount of a substance.
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> snattock (n.)  The pipe or channel used to divert water from a river in order 
> to power a watermill.
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> snattock (n.)  A gardening tool consisting of a handle with a sharp point at 
> one end and a thin tube fastened at the upper end to the user's nose, used to 
> smell the ground while working it.
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> snattock (v.)  To remove the branches from a felled tree [from an obs. tool, 
> specialized for the task]
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> snattock (n.)  A three point whirly in Tip-the-Peg.
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> snattock (n.)  A chip; a slice.
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> snattock (n.) (Leicester dial.)  A badly-constructed weir.
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> snattock (n.)  A clearing in the midst of thick vegetation, esp. vegetation 
> that is thorny or otherwise difficult to traverse.
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> snattock (n.)  A wire comb for removing tangles.
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> snattock (n.) (hist.)  Narrow-bladed metal tool, with flattened sharpened 
> side at upper end below grip. Used to dig and top root crops.
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> snattock (n.)  A curved and hooked pruning tool.
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