[Fictionary] BURLING ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

I probably won’t really get around to tabulating the votes until tomorrow,
so here’s your last minute voting opportunity in case you haven’t voted
yet, or want to sneak in a few extra votes and see if I notice.

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> Here are eight definitions, of which only one comes from a more or less
> legitimate dictionary! As usual, please give both a 2 point vote and a 1
> point vote. Get your votes in by Wednesday night, please.
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> burling, n. The activity of visiting shopping malls hunting for bargains.
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> burling, n. (Naut.) 1. Tightly coiled rope or cable. 2. A brewing mutiny.
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> burling - n. - stripped, washed, stripped, and dried jute fibres ready to
> be woven into burlap
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> burling (v) Dressing or finishing cloth by removing knots, lumps, slubs,
> or loose threads.
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> burling, n. a large, circular chamber dug in the center of a rabbit
> warren, used as a nest by the highest-ranking doe of the colony.
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> burling, n. A customs official in charge of enforcing regulations on
> foreign currency and currency exchange. (Fr. Russ. "болгяг", guard.)
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> burling (n.) -- 1.  A failure mode of lava lamps, in which wax stops
> circulating and accumulates at the top due to a weak or reversed
> temperature gradient.  2.  Obstructed turnover in rotating leadership
> positions owing to a lack of willing successors.
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> burling - adj. - Reliable, trustworthy, dependable.
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