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  • Maypole
    n. 1. [cf. DJE II Maypole "Agave ameri-cana, which shoots up a flowering spike about fifteen feet high, thought to
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  • May-flower tree
    [from its blossoming in May and June] n. the poinciana tree, Poinciana regia. = EMPIRE FLOWERS, SHAKER TREE, TOURIST TREE
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  • May-bird
    [possibly from seasonal migration, but Cf. Scots May-bird the whimbrel (a water bird) CSD] n. the sea gull. = GULLY,
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  • Mayaguana
    /mèyagwána/ [cf. Antillean Sp. maya a plant (Bromelia pinguin) WFF and iguana lizard sp., both probably of Arawakan origin; cf. GUANA]n.
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  • maw
    See MA.  
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  • maul
     n. 1. [Gul. idern (Gonzales 1924:49); OED idem obs.; also US dial. South (Brown 1976)] a heavy wooden club or
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  • matter
    [Car.; cf. OED, heed, mind obs.; cf. Brit dial. North, West matter to care about: "We did not matter his
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  • matted gerania fly
    [etym?] n. a gnat-like insect (sp?). cf. BUMBLE FLY (Exuma)
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  • match-me-if-you-can
    (Gen.); match-ma-can (Adelaide) [see quot.] n. a plant: 1978 Match-me-if-you-can (Acalypha wilkesina var. macafeana). Grown as an ornamental shrub, Acalypha
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  • matches
    [Atlantic; from the plural] n. sing. or pl. match (to strike fire): 1918 Goin' look fur a matches to come
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