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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. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. ant, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Any of various small insects constituting the family Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera, which typically live in complex social colonies, are usually wingless except for fertile adults in...
4. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
5. bashment, n.2 View full entry 1996
...An event or party, esp. one featuring dancehall reggae or ragga music. Also (now usually): an up-tempo style of popular music derived from dancehall reggae and ragga, but with a...
6. batty, n.2 View full entry 1935
...A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare)....
7. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
8. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
9. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
10. boiler, n. View full entry c1540
...One who boils (anything)....
11. burru, n. View full entry 1929
...A kind of vigorous, popular, and sometimes indecent, dance; the music, esp. drumming, used to accompany this....
12. cockpit, n. View full entry 1587
...A pit or enclosed area in which game-cocks are set to fight for sport; a place constructed for cock-fighting....
13. cock's-comb | cockscomb, n. View full entry c1400
...The comb or crest of a cock....
14. conch, n. View full entry ?1527
...A shell-fish: originally a bivalve such as the mussel or oyster; in later times more frequently a large gastropod, esp. Strombus gigas....
15. † conˈjure, n. View full entry 1393
...Conjuration, conjuring....
16. cuatro, n. View full entry 1904
...A small guitar-like instrument of a kind originating in Latin America, typically having four strings....
17. dubplate, n. View full entry 1976
...An acetate or test pressing of a vinyl record; (originally) spec. one featuring a dub version of a reggae song (cf. dub1). Now also: an advance copy...
18. Dutch, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c1380
...Of or relating to the people of Germany; German. Obs. exc. as a historical archaism, and in some parts of U.S.: see B. 1 and Dutchman...
19. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
20. history, n. View full entry eOE
...A written narrative constituting a continuous chronological record of important or public events (esp. in a particular place) or of a particular trend, institution, or person's life. Common in the titles of...
