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1. adam's fig, n. View full entry c1602
...The fruit of any of several plants of the genus Musa; a banana or plantain. Also (in full Adam's fig tree) the plant itself. Now hist....
2. Africanism, n. View full entry 1641
...A word, phrase, or other use of language characteristic of, peculiar to, or originating from Africa or Africans....
3. all-coloured | all-colored, adj. View full entry 1605
...Of many different colours; esp. multicoloured, variegated....
4. baas, n. View full entry 1625
...In S. Africa: a master, employer of labour. Often as a form of address. ...
5. bavian, n. View full entry a1625
...Usu. with capital initial. A character in a morris dance representing a baboon, and typically engaging in wild, foolish, or lewd behaviour....
6. blackhead, n.2 and adj. View full entry 1658
...Any of various black-headed birds, esp. the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus; (S. Afr.) the black-headed canary, Serinus alario (family Fringillidae), the male...
7. black-tail, n. View full entry 1601
...Any of various fishes with black tails....
8. commandant, n. View full entry 1687
...A commanding officer, a commander: irrespective of rank. Applied esp. to the military governor of a fortress, town, or district, and often as a foreign title, French, Spanish, or Portuguese....
9. commonage, n. View full entry 1610
...The practice of commoning; right of common; usually ‘common of pasture’, or the right of pasturing animals on common land....
10. compound, n.2 View full entry 1679
...The enclosure within which a (European) residence or factory stands, in India, China, and other Eastern countries....
11. cool-drink, n. View full entry 1667
...Originally Caribbean: a beverage, either fermented or unfermented, made with sugar and any of various aromatic ingredients. In later use more generally (also S. Afr.): a refreshing beverage,...
12. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
13. dagga, n.1 View full entry 1670
...A name for hemp, Cannabis sativa, used as a narcotic. Also applied to any indigenous plant of the genus Leonotis, called wild dagga, which is similarly used. Also...
14. dolly, n.1 View full entry 1612
...A familiar pet-form of the name Dorothy (= doll1)....
15. dropper, n. View full entry 1699
...One who drops or lets fall in drops; in quot. 1699 = distiller (slang)....
16. facially, adv. View full entry a1633
...Face to face; in person. Now regional (chiefly W. Afr. and S. Afr.). rare before 20th cent....
17. free burgher, n. View full entry 1624
...A free citizen. Also (S. Afr.): a Dutch-speaking colonist freed from Dutch East India Company controls....
18. homeland, n. View full entry a1627
...A person's home country or native land; the land of one's ancestors. Also in extended use: a place regarded as the home of something....
19. Hottentot, n. and adj. View full entry 1677
...= Khoekhoe1....
20. jong, n.1 View full entry 1615
...Formerly, a young male slave; now a coloured male servant; also used as a familiar term of address to any person....
