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1. ˈgeitje, n. View full entry 1786
...A venomous African lizard....
2. haar, int. (and n.2) View full entry 1785
...Used as a command to a draught ox to turn in a direction towards the side of the wagon on which the driver is sitting. Also as : a command of...
3. hot, int. (and n.3) View full entry 1785
...Used as a command to a draught ox to turn in a direction away from the side of the wagon on which the driver is sitting. Also as : a command...
4. Kaffir, n. and adj. View full entry 1785
...= caffre1, ‘infidel’, Giaour....
5. kiewiet, n. View full entry 1785
...The crowned lapwing, Vanellus (or Stephanibyx) coronatus....
6. krantz, n. View full entry 1785
...A wall of rock encircling a mountain or summit; hence, more widely, any precipitous or overhanging wall of rocks bordering high ground or hemming in a valley....
7. † Mambookie, n. and adj. View full entry 1786
...A member of the Pondo people (see Pondo)....
8. mountain hare, n. View full entry 1785
...S. Afr. The springhare, Pedetes capensis. Obs.rare....
9. rooikat, n. View full entry 1785
...The caracal, Felis caracal....
10. skoff, n. View full entry 1785
...A stage of a journey, a period of travel between outspans....
11. springhaas, n. View full entry 1785
...The jumping hare, Pedetes capensis, a nocturnal rodent with large and powerful hind legs and a hopping gait....
12. sweet-veld, n. View full entry 1785
...In South Africa, an area of land providing good nutritious grazing; also, the vegetation of an area of this kind....
13. vlakte, n. View full entry 1785
...An extent of flat open country; a plain. Freq. pl....
14. zuur-veldt, n. View full entry 1785
...A district covered with sour pasturage. Also attrib....
