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  • ashes
    [Atlantic; from pl. ashes] n. sing. or pl. ash or ashes. (Mayag.)
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  • ascare
    [cf. US dial. South ascared ADD; from hypercorrection of scared by analogy with fraid afraid] adj. afraid. (Gen.)
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  • ary
    /ári/ [US dial. idem from e'er a ever a DARE] adj., Obs.? any: 1895 Dey ain't ary man in de
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  • arsenicker
    /ahsníka/ [etym. uncertain, but cf. Sp. asnico little ass, perhaps from its cry] n. the great blue heron, Ardea herodias:
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  • aroot
    /áruwt/ [from Arawak aru-aru meal of meals, assimilated to arrow and root, the tubers having been used to absorb poison
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  • arm-hole
    /áhmowl/ [W. Car.; Brit. dial. North, Mid EDD] n. armpit: She have plenty hair in her arm-hole (Nassau).(Black)
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  • arm
    /ahm/ [W Car.] n. armpit; upper arm, as opposed to HAND hand and arm below the elbow. (Gen.)
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  • argiment
    /áhgimen/ [cf. ARGIE and OED argument to argue obs. →1637] v. to argue: 1936 Me an' Unkle Gabe wuz stannin'
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  • argie
    /ági/ (Gen.); áhgi (Andros); áygi (Exuma); hági (Eleu.)/ [cf. Scots idem CSD, US dial. Mid., South idem DARE] v. to
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  • architeck
    /áhchitek/ [Belize idea: (Dayley 1979); spelling pronunciation] n. architect. (Nassau)
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