Oops, I forgot to count the ballots. So if you haven't voted yet, you have one more chance! I'll try to finish up by Sunday morning. <span></span><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Ranjit Bhatnagar</b> <<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com">ranjit@moonmilk.com</a>><br>Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015<br>Subject: ballot: streuble cabbaging frogmouth<br>To: fictionary <<a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Here are ten sets of definitions for the related words <i>streuble, cabbaging, </i>and <i>frogmouth</i>. One set is real and the rest are fake. It's up to <b>you</b> to decide! Cast two votes, one for 2 points and one for 1 point, in the usual fashion, and get those votes to me before the weekend is over.</div><div><br></div><div><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> - n. - wooden disk for pressing fermenting sauerkraut below the liquid level in the frogmouth</span><div style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging - n. - a weight for holding the streuble down, often decorated with carving.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth - n. - crock for fermenting sauerkraut in</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble,</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> n. in lace-making, the finest part of the lace that connects the more substantial and intricate needlework.</span><div style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging, n. large, goffered ruffles, layered about the neck in decorative 18th and 19th century men's clothing.</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth, n. in the industrial process of knitting, the term for the hole created by the machinery as it makes the tubes for sweaters, sleeves, socks, etc.</span></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, n. A unit of measurement relating to possible voting percentages in an upcoming election.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging, v. Trying to bolster a candidate's attibutes by filling up his or her biography with attributes that may or may not be true, but could be true. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth, n. A politician who waffles a lot on issues.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble, n. an overabundance of small eyes</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging, n. overcrowded, irregular eyes</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth, n. spindle-shaped eyes</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, n. A high-necked bodice, similar to a dirndl.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging, n. A multilayer decorative frill emerging from sleeve or collar; popular in late 19th century Saxony.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth, n. 1. An extremely pronounced grimace or frown triggered by pulling the platysma taut. 2. A historical medical diagnosis, probably thyromegaly.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div><br><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, n. A small dish used to hold water for washing the fingers.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging, n. Decoration consisting of brassicaceous flowers painted on the border of a container or dish</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth, n. A ceramic container with a lune-shaped opening on the side.</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> - n. - a six-inch black millipede native to Burma</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging - n. - a Burmese skink with a red-and-yellow argyle pattern</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth - n. - a Burmese carnivorous plant</span></div></div><div><div><br><br></div><div>streuble, v. To thrash about ineffectively. "As the lieutenant streubled, the NCOs led the retreat under fire."</div><div>cabbaging, adj. inferior, unpleasant. "I usually like frozen pizza, but this is cabbaging."</div><div>frogmouth, n. guy-wire from the bottom of the fuselage to the wing in a high- or shoulder-wing monoplane. "Don't tighten the frogmouth, it goes taut once the wing is under load."</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">streuble</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> - n. - A common-law dentist.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging - v. - Scouring of the teeth and gums with coral.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth - n. - A dental patient whose payments are in arrears.</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>streuble - v.i. - to pick vegetables for storage before they are ripe; the intent being to allow them to ripen in storage<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">cabbaging - n. - a storage location (i.e. root cellar) for vegetables picked before they are ripe</span><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">frogmouth - n. - a small, usu. ceramic cylinder used to raise stored vegetables out of the reach of vermin</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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