<html><div>I have received three sets of votes, so please take a moment to vote for your faves. Deadline is Monday anytime. LInda<br><br>---------- Forwarded Message ----------<br>From: "lindafowens@netzero.net" <lindafowens@netzero.net><br>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<br>Subject: Grikes Ballot<br>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:41:00 GMT<br><br></p><div>FICTIONARY GRIKES BALLOT July 2018 submitted by Linda</div><div>1)<span> </span> Grikes, n. pl. grikai The referee of a cottabus match.</div><div> </div><div>2)<span> </span>Grikes, n Typographical symbols used as markers on maps published by non-specialist publishers.</div><div>3)<span> </span>Grikes, n. Intense pain brought on by gas bloating. Also, The grikes. Grikes, adj.</div><div>4)<span> </span>Of masonry, with the wide face of the brick laid parallel to the wall. “That’s running bond set grikes, I’ll lay money it isn’t structural.”</div><div>5)<span> </span>Grikes, n A wasting disease among cattle.</div><div>6)<span> </span>Grikes, n The screaming voice of a distressed turtle.</div><div>7)<span> </span>Grikes, n. pl. A solution fissure, a vertical crack formed by the dissolving of limestone by water.</div><div>8)<span> </span>Grikes, n. A penalty for giggling in the game Nefario.</div><div>Vote 2 points or one point for your favorites. One extra point for guessing which def was created by my grandson Snowdon, age 12.</div><div>Please get your ballots in by Monday, July 16, any old time. Note—grikes was capitalized by my computer program, not necessarily by its usage. Linda Sorry about spacing—computer again.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><p><br><br><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">____________________________________________________________</span><br><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5b44d3bf80a4d53bf7837st01duc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #004080; font-size: medium;"><strong>Drink This Before Bed, Watch Your Body Fat Melt Like Crazy</strong></span><br><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">Celebrity Local<br></span></span></a><a style="color: #000000;" href="http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5b44d3bf80a4d53bf7837st01duc" target="_blank">http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5b44d3bf80a4d53bf7837st01duc</a><br><img src="https://d32oduq093hvot.cloudfront.net/icons/sponsoredlinksby.png" alt="SponsoredBy Content.Ad"></p></html>