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1. action, v. View full entry 1734
...trans. To bring a legal action against. Now chiefly Caribbean....
2. Anancy, n. View full entry 1705
...The name of a legendary male personage originally occurring in Akan mythology and subsequently playing a role in numerous Caribbean folktales, having the form of a spider and being noted for his...
3. dory, n.3 View full entry 1726
...‘A small boat; esp. a small flat-bottomed boat used in sea-fisheries, in which to go out from a larger vessel to catch fish’ (Cent. Dict.)....
4. galapee, n. View full entry 1756
...Either of two Jamaican trees of the family Araliaceae, Schefflera sciadophyllum and Dendropanax arboreus. Also galapee tree....
5. gaulin, n. View full entry a1705
...A kind of egret....
6. genip, n. View full entry 1756
...attrib. in genip-tree...
7. geroom, n. View full entry a1705
...Some kind of fish....
8. groo-groo | gru-gru, n. View full entry 1796
...In the West Indies and South America, a name for two species of palm, Astrocaryum aculeatum and Acrocomia sclerocarpa....
9. jerk, n.2 View full entry 1799
...Jerked meat, charqui....
10. John Canoe, n. View full entry 1774
...The chief dancer, or one of several dancers, in a Christmas celebration....
11. ˈjohnny-cake, n. View full entry 1739
...U.S. A cake made of maize-meal, in the Southern States toasted before a fire, elsewhere usually baked in a pan. Also W. Indies, a scone or dumpling (cf. quot....
12. maddy, adj. View full entry 1719
...Somewhat mad....
13. † mandram, n. View full entry 1756
...A drink made from wine and finely-chopped vegetables....
14. many-roots, n. View full entry 1750
...An erect weed, Ruellia tuberosa (family Acanthaceae), native to the West Indies and northern South America. Also called duppy gun, and (formerly) menow weed,...
15. margate, n. View full entry 1735
...orig. Amer. and Caribbean. More fully margate-fish, margate grunt. A deep-bodied grunt, Haemulon album, found in the western Atlantic and important as...
16. marinade, n. View full entry 1725
...A mixture of vinegar, oil, herbs, or similar ingredients in which meat, fish, etc., may be steeped before cooking or eating, in order to tenderize it or to add flavour. Formerly also:...
17. massa, n. View full entry 1766
...Master. Chiefly in representations of U.S. and Caribbean black speech. Also as a respectful form of address. Cf. Mas'1....
18. mauby, n. View full entry 1790
...A non-alcoholic drink made by fermenting or boiling the bark of trees of the genus Colubrina (family Rhamnaceae), esp. C. elliptica. Cf. mobbie1....
19. mauger, adj. View full entry 1756
...regional (now chiefly Caribbean). Of a person: thin, lean, skinny. Also (U.S. regional): weak, feeble, sickly....
20. melongene, n. View full entry 1793
...In the Caribbean: the aubergine or eggplant, Solanum melongena; the fruit of this plant....
