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Contest entry for new definitions of words.
Maritime:  the time when people marry. eg June

Catastrophe: When the carcass of a cat left out in the elements atrophies.

Carriage: The age when a baby should cease to be carried by his mother.

Knowing: The act of refusing someone something. eg Father, knowing earl's wish for a bicycle, evilly smirked.

Distinct: The act of removing colors from an object. eg:Patsy thought the curtains needed a distinct effect.

Paraphrase: Any words that come from someone who is jumping out of an aeroplane.

Cutlass: The last thing one cuts. eg: The job was done when he finally was able to cutlass the weeds at the abutment.

Catalogue: A cat laying on a log.

Callamity: To call a lamb small. eg. There's no other words for Mary's ewe except to call lamb itty.

Pasture: The longing for past times. eg: Boy, the pasture is nice!

Indenture: When someone leaves a dent in your car and
doesn't acknowledge it.

Fillings: Baseball: Full innings, when more than four runs are batted in in one inning.

Jallousies: When someone feels envy for something someone else has. eg: Earl could not hide his jallousies from Eva.

Flint: The act of flicking lint.

Befall: The act of falling in front of something, usually accidentally.

Filament: The sobbing or mourning out loud of grievers, to fill the quiet spaces at a wake.

Morass: The showing or baring of one's derrierre. eg: I don't see how that plumber could possibly show morass.

Quench: A wench who has quitted.

Literary: The act of setting someone's rear on fire.

Lemonade: The belief that Lemons are a cure-all.

Finally: To look for, and find someone whose name is Elly.

Increment: To increase the amount of cement normally used when one is pouring a walkway.

Interject: To eject to the inside of a space.

Philosophy: To fill with liquid to the point of ossification.

Qualify: To adjust the quality of a less than perfect product.

Meander: The coming together of two entities. eg: Meander went to the movies yesterday.

Definition: The appreciated rapid ending of a task or act one finds distasteful. eg: Thank goodness definition came quick as it did.
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