I wrote:
> [1]  I'm pretty sure the DoJ uses "proverb" elsewhere in a 
> sense incompatible with Raul's proposal.  In fact, recently 
> Viktor took a relevant quote from the Voc entry for  f.  (fix):
> 
>    http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dfdot.htm
>    If x is the name of any entity (that is, a pronoun, 
>    proverb, pro-adverb, or pro-conjunction)
> 
> This quote strengthens my argument, because it specifically 
> names "pro-adverb" and "pro-conjunction" despite the fact 
> that it'd already mentioned "proverb" (and "pronoun"). 

See also the passage in  http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm  
that reads:
>  unassigned name being treated as a verb

Obviously, this does not require only verbs to be stacked as names.  

But if only verbs are stacked by name, then the only names on the stack would 
be verbs, and treating unassigned names as verbs
would be the only useful thing to do (OTOH, it's the only way to make delayed 
definition useful, with either definition of
"proverb").

-Dan

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