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1. agterryer, n. View full entry 1824
...A mounted groom or other attendant; a military servant or batman, responsible esp. for the supervision of supplies and horses; = after-riderafter-3. Now hist....
2. dissel-boom, n. View full entry 1822
...The pole of a wagon....
3. driedoring, n. View full entry 1824
...Any of several thorny shrubs or small trees found in the dry plains of southern and tropical Africa, esp. Rhigozum trichotomum of the Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)....
4. gousblom, n. View full entry 1822
...A plant with showy flowers belonging to any of various species of Arctotis, Gazania, and some other related genera of the family Compositæ....
5. jukskei, n. View full entry 1822
...A yoke-skey....
6. kameeldoorn, n. View full entry 1822
...= camel-thorn(b)camel2....
7. kombaars, n. View full entry 1812
...A blanket, coverlet, or rug....
8. kori, n.1 View full entry 1811
...In full, kori bustard = gompaauw...
9. loop, int. View full entry 1811
...A word of command to an animal to move forward....
10. maat, n. View full entry 1824
...A formally selected or appointed partner in business or other matters; an agent. Obs.rare....
11. mabela, n. View full entry 1824
...Sorghum as grown in southern Africa, esp. for making beer; the meal or porridge made from this....
12. mest-koek, n. View full entry 1824
...A dried cowpat, used for fuel or as building material. Cf. miskoek...
13. oom, n. View full entry 1822
...Used as a respectful form of address to an older or elderly man. Hence: an older man, esp. an uncle....
14. oubaas, n. View full entry 1824
...The elderly male owner of a home, farm, or business; the employer of servants or labourers; (more generally) an elderly white man. Freq. as a title of respect or deference, used alone...
15. renosterbos, n. View full entry 1822
...A xerophytic South African shrub, Elytropappus rhinocerotis (family Asteraceae (Compositae)), which has grey-green stems and foliage, small scale-like leaves, and clusters of purple flowers, and is...
16. rooibok, n. View full entry 1824
...The impala, Aepyceros melampus....
17. sandveld, n. View full entry 1824
...In southern Africa, (the name of) a region of light sandy soil....
18. suikerbos, n. View full entry 1822
...= sugar-bush2....
19. trek-tow, n. View full entry 1822
...The central chain or cable of twisted hide attached to a wagon-pole, to which the yokes of the oxen are fastened....
20. veld-shoe | vel(d)skoen, n. View full entry 1822
...Formerly, a light shoe made of untanned hide. Now, a heavy boot or shoe for outdoor work....
