[Fictionary] SURRA -- the ballot

[E Cohen]

Hi all,

We have a lovely selection of 13 definitions, in a variety of styles, 
cultures, and even parts of speech. Only one is right. Get in your usual 
one- and two-point votes by a little more than a week from now, say, 
midnight, Sunday, the 17th of October.

Enjoy!

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surra, n. A wind-eroded mass of rock resembling the sail of a submarine.

surra,conj. (obs.) Subsequently; and then.

surra, n. A soft humming sound.

surra, n. A failure mode of early swivel chairs, occurring when the 
center of mass of the occupied chair lies so far off the swivel axis 
that the chair topples when swivelled.

surra, n. (fr. Warlpiri) Stewed termites.

surra, n. A filled, flaky, Moroccan pastry, containing soft-cooked egg.

surra, n. A picnic with lots of time and wine.

surra, n. A camelid closely related to llama, alpaca, guanaco, and 
vicuña; markedly larger than the llama (approx. size of a horse). Like 
the llama, they were associated with an Aymar deity, but that deity went 
out of favor when its priests failed to predict the coming of Europeans 
to the Andes. Breeding decreased radically during Spanish rule and it is 
unknown whether any remain alive today.

surra, n. A viscous slurry of water, clay, moss, and dye used to 
decorate adobe walls, resulting in colored patterns that become 
permanent moss patterns. v.To decorate a wall with a slurry of water, 
clay, moss, and dye, typically in geometric patterns.

surra, n. A disease of some mammals, characterized by loss of appetite, 
weight loss, fever, and salivation. It is acute and generally fatal in 
horses, donkeys, mules, cattle, buffalo, deer, camels, llamas, dogs, and 
cats; a chronic form of the disease occurs in pigs, sheep, and goats.

surra, interj. A command for banishing demons. v. To banish demons with 
the command "surra."

surra, n. A broad trail created by elephants.

surra, n. Salt deposits remaining after a body of water evaporates.


-- Eric   |   @GoudyBoldItalic