<div dir="ltr">Only six voters so far? That's not even as many voters as definitions. OK, the polls remain open until Wednesday morning.<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ranjit Bhatnagar</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com">ranjit@moonmilk.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:45 PM<br>Subject: wind trolley ballot<br>To: fictionary <<a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</a>><br>
<br><br>WIND TROLLEY BALLOT! You know what to do. Do it before the end of the weekend.<br>
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wind trolley (n.) -- A spring-powered clockwork credenza on wheels,<br>
invented by Sir Henry Cavendish to shuttle food and dishes between<br>
kitchen and dining room without intrusion by servants. Also called<br>
"deadwaiter".<br>
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wind trolley - n. - A device that rides on a kite string and is driven<br>
upward toward the kite by the wind. Upon reaching a button on the<br>
string near the kite, it furls its wings and descends back to the<br>
kite-flyer by means of gravity, to be reset and sent up the string<br>
again.<br>
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wind trolley - n. - a device consisting of a box attached to a set of<br>
grooved wheels with a sail; loaded onto a kite string, the box can<br>
carry cargo up the kite string to the kite. In 1841, French<br>
photographer Jacques du Jeanville attached an early camera to such a<br>
device and obtained the first ever aerial photographs<br>
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wind trolley - n. - an iceboat using a kite for propulsive power. This<br>
design was common in the mid 19th to early 20th centuries, but has<br>
largely been replaced by sail power, which permits tacking against the<br>
wind.<br>
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wind trolley, n. A small spring-powered cart used to carry items on a<br>
track in a factory. It is wound with a crank and placed on the track<br>
that leads to its destination.<br>
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wind trolley - n. - A string and button (to go in the lapel button<br>
hole) that prevents your hat being blown away by the wind.<br>
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wind trolley, n. A skilled goalkeeper in football (soccer),<br>
particularly one known for long airborne dives. From the Ukrainian<br>
VB5@2V7:8.<br>
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wind trolley, v. to wind the wire on the crank of a mail trolley, as<br>
in the kind used to deliver mail in a box over a stream in a rural<br>
setting. Very common in outback Australia. They pun with upwind and<br>
downwind to designate the to and fro directions from one side of the<br>
stream to the other.<br>
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wind trolley, n. On a rigid airship, the armature used to launch small<br>
fixed-wing aircraft. Loose translation of the German term<br>
"Hochgeschwindigkeitsluftstromwaggon".<br>
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wind trolley - n. - a tea tray with an insufficient quantity of canapés.<br>
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