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1. abeng, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of bugle made from a cow horn, used by the maroons as a musical instrument and to send signals....
2. accra, n. View full entry 1864
...W. Afr. and Caribbean. A ball-shaped fritter or sautéed patty of seasoned mashed beans, esp. black-eyed peas. In early use freq. in accra cake....
3. agidi, n. View full entry 1853
...A gelatinous starchy food made by boiling a paste of (fermented) maize meal or flour....
4. ballahoo, n. View full entry 1815
...A type of fast-sailing two-masted schooner. Also used as a term of contempt for a sluggish, slovenly, or ungainly vessel (cf. ballyhoo, ballyhoo of blazes). Now rare...
5. balm, n.2 View full entry 1897
...A faith-healing ceremony typically involving drumming, dancing, and ritual feasting; a herbal bath or other treatment administered during this. Also: the practice of performing such ceremonies or treatments. Cf. Pocomania...
6. bap, n.2 View full entry 1842
...A father. Freq. with possessive adjective. Also as a respectful form of address to one's father or (in Caribbean use) any older man, esp. one of South Asian descent. Cf....
7. big, v.2 View full entry 1884
...trans.Eng. regional. To enlarge; (fig.) to magnify, inflate. Now rare....
8. big-eye, adj. and n. View full entry 1818
...attrib. Designating various kinds of fish with large eyes. See also bigeye tuna....
9. cotch, v. View full entry 1895
...intr.Jamaican....
10. diablotin, n. View full entry 1812
...A little devil; an imp....
11. John Crow, n. View full entry 1826
...In Jamaica, a name for the red-headed turkey vulture, Cathartes aura....
12. jonga, n. View full entry 1893
...In Jamaica, a small freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium jamaicensis. ...
13. jook, v. View full entry 1877
...trans. To stab, pierce, or prick; to poke or jab....
14. jumby, n. View full entry 1802
...A ghost or evil spirit among American and West Indian black people. Cf. zombie...
15. kabouri, n. View full entry 1899
...A fly of the genus Simulium....
16. kas-kas, n. View full entry 1873
...In folk usage: a dispute, quarrel. ...
17. koker, n. View full entry 1851
...A sluice-gate, a lock-gate; the narrow stretch of water between such gates....
18. macca, n. View full entry 1892
...Any spine, prickle, burr, etc., borne by a plant or animal; such processes collectively. Also: a spiny or prickly plant, spec. the macaw palm, Acrocomia aculeata. Freq. ...
19. macca-fat, n. View full entry 1873
...Any of several palms with oily fruits, esp. the macaw palm, Acrocomia aculeata, and the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (also macca-fat palm); the fruit...
20. † mama-pian, n. View full entry 1822
...In the Caribbean, a large skin lesion, often ulcerated and surrounded by smaller ones, in the disease yaws; = mamma-yaw...
