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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Here are the salep definitions.<span style=""> </span>As usual, please send one 1-point vote and
one 2-point vote.<span style=""> </span>Ties will be broken by
my arbitrary judgment of your poetry, jokes, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> Deadline: September 18 at the end of the day, I'll plan to send the results out on the 19th.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p>-Fran<BR>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">salep - interj. - A query as
to whether someone with a speech impediment is available at a discount.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p>salep - n. - 1.<span style=""> </span>(Bot.)<span style="">
</span>A stampede of tumbleweed, caused by an accelerating chain reaction in
which mobile individuals detach sessile ones from their roots by
collision.<span style=""> </span>2. (Mil.)<span style=""> </span>An anti-cavalry tactic in which tumbleweed,
often ignited, is released upwind of an enemy formation in order to spook the
horses.<span style=""> </span>3.<span style=""> </span>(Internet sl.) An electronic mail message
which directs the recipient to panic and to propagate the message as quickly
and widely as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - adj. - Having
multiple sizes of polka dots:<span style=""> </span>The
contemporary tabletop displayed a colorful salep pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - n. - The residue
that remains when the bark of the meranti tree is beaten until supple.<span style=""> </span>The waste product of the traditional Balinese
boat-building industry, salep has been found to have value as an antipyretic when
taken internally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p><BR>
</o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">salep - n. - A sandal with a turned-up
toe and soles of papyrus, reeds, or woven palm leaves, worn by men in the 18th
Dynasty of Egypt to signify wealth and social rank.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><BR>
</o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">salep - n. - An upscale
update of the traditional mint julep first served at Oxford's Blue Pan Grill,
this drink with mint, bourbon, sea salt and bitters is an acquired taste you'll
be glad to have acquired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - n. - A dealer who
sells camels for desert crossings, esp. in the Saharan region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - n. - A county or
fiefdom under the administration of the Ottoman Empire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - n. - An herbal elixir
containing, most commonly, St John's Wort and mullein; said to be effective
against depression.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - n. - A Croatian
stew with goose, potatoes, tomatoes, and paprika.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p>salep - n. - An herb in the
rosemary family.<span style=""> </span>It is rarely used in
cooking as its sharp flavor is unpleasant to many.<span style=""> </span>For those who can take it, it has several
vitamins and some anti-oxidants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><BR>
</o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">salep - n. - A mint-julep
and sarsaparilla mixer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">salep - adj. - Nervous due to the real
or imagined proximity of dangerous animals.<BR>
"My boy is City bred; and so slept hardly, all salep at every Sound. <BR>
He twice woke me, crying of Bears, Wolves, etc., till I boxed his <BR>
ears and bid him an we must be devourd, leave me sleep till then."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p>salep - n. - A starchy preparation of
the dried tubers of various orchids, used in cookery and formerly medicinally.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><BR>
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