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  • lye water
    [cf. OED lye alkalized water, primarily that made by the lixiviation of vegeable ashes ... also water of lye (obs.)] n. 1. water
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  • lye barrel
    [cf. LYE WATER] n. a barrel for ashes: 1976 A "lye barrel" was. . . water tight, half-filled with water.
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  • Lutra
    (from Eleuthera by aphesis] n. or adj. (pertaining to) Eleuthera: Lútra style fish. (Black) ◊ The pronunciation /lúwtra/ is thought of as typical
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  • lunch bus
    n. a van selling cakes, drinks, chicken, fish, etc. = FOOD WAGON (Nassau)
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  • lulling time
    [cf. OED lull a brief period of intermission or quiescence in a storm; also fig.] n. a time without activity.
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  • luggy
    [ cf. Belize lógi sluggish (Dayley); cf. OED lugging idem, Scots luggie idem EDD] adj. gorged; lazy: I shouldn't have eaten
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  • luggages
    n. pl. pieces of luggage. cf. BAGGAGES (Exuma)
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  • luck seed, lucky nut
    [cf. Trin. lucky nut (Winer p.c.), US Black lucky bean (Dillard 1977:126)] n. the seeds of a shrub, picked and
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  • Lucayoneque, Lucaioneque
    [probably a blend of Lucayon and Sp. yucayeque (Indian) village by a 16th century Antillean Sp. shift from /l/ to
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  • Lucaya(s), Lucayo(es)
    [cf. LUCAYAN and current Sp. Islas Lucayas and Fr. Lucayes the Bahamas] n. Obs. 1. former name of the Bahamas: 1601 They
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