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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
winner is Jacob with 7 points, with his tree residue.<span style=""> </span>By the way, you can now buy notebooks made
from bagasse at Staples office-supply stores.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Fran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">salep - interj. - A query as to whether someone with a speech
impediment is available at a discount.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Jean-Joseph (0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Hee hee hee. - Joe<o:p></o:p><BR>
You've GOT to be kidding! *LOL* - Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
Whoever wrote this is mightily silly -Jim<o:p></o:p><BR>
I was thinking of sending a discount definition as a joke
definition, so this gets my "hehehe" vote. -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
(Spoken here Lisp) (jokep definition) -Pierre<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sometimes you play to win,
sometimes you just run out of time and play to be weird. This is a lame
joke that would be understood only by someone familiar with an obscure (and
largely obsolete) computer language. -Jean-Joseph</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> <BR>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Elliott (4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">2 points from Jean-Joseph<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Jacob<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Can tumbleweed stampede?<span style=""> </span>I
just think of that as the action of a conscious, living being. -Joe<o:p></o:p><BR>
"A stampede of tumbleweed" *LOL* - Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
Mine.<span style=""> </span>As usual, I'd rather
have fun inventing the definition than have glory winning the round. -Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
The very idea that 19th-century military slang would jump to
netspeak is preposterous and funny.<span style=""> </span>Dr.
Moreton, I presume? -Jim<o:p></o:p><BR>
This gets my "holy cow, you spent a whole lot of time coming
up with this one" vote. -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
This is very clever, but I don't believe it. One ghost point.
-Pierre<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I like the tumbleweed bit,
and it has me thinking about the concept of "critical mass" as it
applies to mature Russian Thistle plants, where you can have a condition such
that there are enough of them ready to let loose if only a single
"neutron" tumbleweed can start the whole business rolling. I
don't believe a word of it, but I certainly do like it. Since my def was
silly, I will likewise reward this for amusing me. -Jean-Joseph<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">I like it.<span style=""> </span>I don't buy it,
but I like it.<span style=""> </span>One point. -Jacob<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point for sheer cross-genre madness. -Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p>Don't forget definition 4:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p>>>>>> Remove me from the list please.<o:p></o:p><BR>
>>>>><o:p> </o:p><BR>
>>>> Idiot. There's an unsubscribe link on the web
page.<span style=""> </span>You don't have<o:p></o:p><BR>
>>>> to whine to everybody on the list.<o:p></o:p><BR>
>>>><o:p> </o:p><BR>
>>> What a hypocrite.<span style="">
</span>You just sent YOUR whine to everyone.<o:p></o:p><BR>
>>><o:p> </o:p><BR>
>> UNSUBSCRIBE<o:p></o:p><BR>
>><o:p> </o:p><BR>
> This is a serious mailing list.<span style=""> </span>STOP CLOGGING MY MAILBOX.<o:p></o:p><BR>
><o:p> </o:p><BR>
UNSUBSCRIBE<o:p></o:p><BR>
-Ranjit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Nora (5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">2 points from Linda<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Jim<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Ranjit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Oooh!<span style=""> </span>I like the meaning,
but the example sentence sounds contrived. -Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
Dots!<span style=""> </span>I like dots! -Ranjit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></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-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Jacob (7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">1 point from Linda<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Pierre<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Jean-Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">I have no points left, but I give it my blessing. -Judith<o:p></o:p><BR>
Two points for believability, in the sense of being less
unbelievable than the others.<span style=""> </span>What's an
antipyretic? -Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
Awarded the bagasse ribbon (2nd class) -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
This sounds like an elixir taken in El Salvador made of balsa
wood, so I'll give it my actual 1-vote. -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
Two points for the meranti trees. -Pierre<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Balinese bagasse. If
willow bark contains salycylic acid and this reduces fever, it seems reasonable
that some other bark might as well. Good enough for one point.
-Jean-Joseph</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Melissa (1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 point from Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">The problem with using shoes to signify social standing (as I
learned many <o:p></o:p>years ago from the story of the Chief Sage of Chelm), is that they
quickly <o:p></o:p>get very dirty, and it's hard to tell who's wearing the special
shoes. <o:p></o:p>Nevertheless, I like this enough to give it 1 point. -Joe<o:p></o:p><BR>
I recently saw an actual two-thousand-year-old sandal from Israel,
and it was made out of leather.<span style="">
</span>Vegetable soles sound like something for the poor, not the rich.
-Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
Also plausible...<span style=""> </span>but where
are the sapphires and rubies? -Nora</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> <BR>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Ranjit (2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">2 points for correct guess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">This sounds like a great line from a vacation sales brochure.<span style=""> </span>Definitely the more attention-grabbing of the
two julep definitions. -Joe<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My
mint-julep definition is tastier, thank you very much. - David<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">The two mint julep definitions are too much alike: no vote. -Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
This first of TWO mint julep definitions!!<span style=""> </span>but I don't buy it, although<span style=""> </span>it gets imaginary bonus (or is it minus?)
points for using sea salt instead of sugar! -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
Two juleps. I don't think either is it. -Pierre<o:p></o:p><BR>
Well, that's horrifying. -Jacob</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p>salep - n. - A dealer who sells camels for desert crossings, esp.
in the Saharan region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Joe (5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">1 point from Melissa<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">You gotta watch out for the saleps in the Antarctic region.<span style=""> </span>They'll cheat you blind. -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
yay!<span style=""> </span>two-votes for the
camel dealer!<span style=""> </span>Where's my camel, please?
-Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points for sounding very believable. -Nick</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p>salep - n. - A county or fiefdom under the administration of the
Ottoman Empire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Nick (3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">2 points from Joe<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Pierre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Sounds right to me, which means I'm sure it's not. -Joe<o:p></o:p><BR>
Wasn't that a SATRAP?<span style=""> </span>Or
were those Persian? -Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
That sounds too correct to be true.<span style=""> </span>Either there's a real word that means and
sounds something like this, or I'm needlessly rejecting the true definition.<span style=""> </span>(Or, of course, neither.) -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
another Arab-related definition. -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
Maybe too much like satrap? -Jacob</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Hutch (6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">2 points from Judith<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Melissa<o:p></o:p></span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 points
from David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Sorry, I already gave up my elixir vote to the one made of wood!
-Nora</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> <BR>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p>salep - n. - A Croatian stew with goose, potatoes, tomatoes, and
paprika.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-Pierre (2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">1 point from Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point from Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Well, if it's not an herb, maybe it's food -Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
goose stew goose stew goose stew goose stew -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
the yummiest definition.<span style="">
</span>this one gets my "delicious" vote. -Nora<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></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-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Judith
(3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 points
from Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point
for correct guess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">I have a distinct memory of this being something herbal. That's
why I wrote the "herbal elixir" definition above. -Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
I'm growing some "cuban oregano" on my deck.<span style=""> </span>It's nothing like oregano - the leaves are
furry and succulent, and the smell is completely different.<span style=""> </span>But it's called cuban oregano. -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
again, sorry, I used up my elixir vote already! -Nora</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">salep - n. - A mint-julep and sarsaparilla mixer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">-David (1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">1point for correct guess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">The two mint julep definitions are too much alike: no vote. -Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
Dammit! Somebody stepped on my def's toes!<span style=""> </span>Now I'll never get a point! -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
this one gets my "best use of combining an elixir AND mint
julep definition" vote. -Nora<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">********</span><BR>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p><BR>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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."</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Eric (3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">1 point from Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points from Jacob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Oh, dear.<span style=""> </span>This is
tough.<span style=""> </span>Is it David, or Eric?<span style=""> </span>David actually wrote a book about this once,
so I'll plump for him. -Elliott<o:p></o:p><BR>
This is the only one besides mine to be an adjective, so I wish I
had votes left.<span style=""> </span>I'll give it an
imaginary 1/2 vote in case there is a tie and it would influence Fran. -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
Excellent quote.<span style=""> </span>Two
points. -Jacob</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-The
Oxford English Reference Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1996 (4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 point
from Judith<o:p></o:p><BR>
1 point
from David<o:p></o:p><BR>
2 points
from Ranjit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">I'm pretty sure that orchids would be poisonous? -Hutch<o:p></o:p><BR>
I recently read about a kind of hybrid of taffy and ice cream,
popular in (if I remember right) Turkey.<span style="">
</span>It's a starchy preparation of a dried orchid tuber that makes stretchy
ice cream possible!<span style=""> </span>So I'm giving this
otherwise unassuming definition TWO POINTS for that. -Ranjit<o:p></o:p><BR>
I'm not sure i would like how this might taste, but I'd be willing
to try if it promised not to poison me! -Nora<o:p></o:p><BR>
Just boring enough to be true. -Jacob</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I never got the word to
define, but perhaps it's because I was unable to get online for a few days
(atmospheric stuff???) Or maybe, I was taken off the plover list
and perchance dropped by swarpa too? Nope, this is from swarpa, so I must
check old unopened emails. I think that salep sounds like jalep, which is
an old herbal term for...uumm--poke? celandine??? Impatiens
biflora?? Must check later. 2 points for the polka dots and one
point for the meranti tree residue. Perhaps it's a type of bagasse,
but I recall the beaten bark cloth made in Fiji--made from what??? Oh, dear,
I've forgotten so much useful information. Linda PS Wamble sightings
(four <span style="font-style: italic;">at least) --</span>in Linda
Berdoll's<span style="font-style: italic;"> Pride and Prejudice </span>sequels<span style="font-style: italic;">: Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife</span> and<span style="font-style: italic;"> Darcy and Elizabeth: Nights and Days at
Pemberley</span>. I must warn all that these books are fairly raunchy but
romantic and employ a host of euphemisms. Many words I have never seen
before! What larks! -Linda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Wow, 14 defs!<span style=""> </span>What a great
haul!<span style=""> </span>Have to narrow it down somehow ...
OK, I'll start by excluding the food and drink defs and the ones that look like
they are based on SALE.<span style=""> </span>What does that
leave? -Elliott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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