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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. Af, n. View full entry 1974
...In southern Africa, esp. in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a black African....
3. Africanism, n. View full entry 1641
...A word, phrase, or other use of language characteristic of, peculiar to, or originating from Africa or Africans....
4. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
5. all-coloured | all-colored, adj. View full entry 1605
...Of many different colours; esp. multicoloured, variegated....
6. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
7. ˈbackveld, n. View full entry 1905
...In S. Africa, the primitive or unprogressive rural districts lying away from the towns. Also attrib....
8. bioscope, n. View full entry 1812
...A circular scale for representing a person's life, having seventy divisions corresponding to seventy years (ten of which represent one of the seven supposed stages of human life), with a pointer for...
9. 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...
10. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
11. black spot, n. View full entry 1832
...A place or area of anxiety or danger; spec. (in later use) a section of a road noted for accidents; (also) an area where crime is prevalent. See also ...
12. black-tail, n. View full entry 1601
...Any of various fishes with black tails....
13. blackthorn, n. View full entry a1325
...A Eurasian thorny shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa (family Rosaceae), with dark-coloured bark and stiff spiny branches, which produces white five-petalled flowers before the leaves appear, followed...
14. blerry, adj. View full entry 1920
...= bloody8. Cf. plurry...
15. blueback, n. View full entry c1532
...Any of various fishes, birds, and other animals having a bluish back; esp. a river herring or shad of eastern North America, Alosa aestivalis, (in western Canada) a...
16. bluebird, n. View full entry 1694
...Any of three small hole-nesting thrushes constituting the genus Sialia, having predominantly blue plumage with (in two species) a reddish breast, native to North and Central America....
17. bluebottle, n. View full entry ?a1450
...The cornflower, Centaurea cyanus....
18. bluebuck, n. View full entry 1804
...S. Afr. The blue duiker, Cephalophus (or Philantomba) monticola. Now rare....
19. blue jay, n. View full entry 1709
...A common North American bird of the crow family, Cyanositta cristata, which has a blue crest, bluish upperparts, and white underparts....
20. bluetongue, n. View full entry 1863
...Orig. S. Afr....
