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1. aandblom, n. View full entry 1793
...Any of several evening-scented wild flowers of the family Iridaceae; esp. Hesperantha falcata, which has fragrant white flowers that open in the late afternoon....
2. Baster, n.3 View full entry 1790
...In South Africa and Namibia (formerly South West Africa): a person of mixed descent; (now usu.) spec. = Rehoboth Baster Cf. bastard1b....
3. boomslang, n. View full entry 1793
...The tree-snake Dispholidus typus....
4. brak, adj. and n. View full entry 1793
...Brackish; alkaline....
5. commando, n. View full entry 1791
...S. Afr....
6. cookie, n. View full entry 1754
...In Scotland the usual name for a baker's plain bun; in U.S. usually a small flat sweet cake (a biscuit in U.K.), but locally a name for small cakes of...
7. coon, n. View full entry 1742
...The raccoon (Procyon lotor), a carnivorous animal of North America....
8. diederik | diedrik, n. View full entry 1790
...A small African cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius (see quot. 1790)....
9. doek, n. View full entry 1798
...A cloth, especially a head-cloth. Cf. kopdoek...
10. dubbeltjie, n. View full entry 1795
...Afrikaans, of uncertain origin. One of several South African weeds, esp. Tribulus terrestris or Emex australis; also the spiny, angular burr of any of these weeds....
11. elf, n.2 View full entry 1731
...The spiny-finned sea-fish Pomatomus saltator....
12. fonduk, n. View full entry 1704
...In North Africa; A hotel, an inn....
13. geelhout, n. View full entry 1790
...= yellow-wood...
14. ˈgeitje, n. View full entry 1786
...A venomous African lizard....
15. guarri, n. View full entry 1789
...Any one of several trees or shrubs of the genus Euclea, esp. E. undulata or E. lanceolata; the fruit of these trees or shrubs. Also ...
16. 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...
17. hanepoot, n. View full entry c1798
...The grape-variety Muscat of Alexandria, a table grape often also used for making wine and for raisins....
18. harder, n. View full entry 1731
...Any of various species of the grey mullet family (Mugilidæ), of which Liza ramada and M. cephalus are well known....
19. herd-boy, n. View full entry 1799
...A boy who acts as a herd or assists a herd....
20. 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...
