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  • mangle
    n. 1. [OED idem —>1885, from Sp. mangle mangrove] the mangrove tree, Rhizophora mangle: 1788 The mangle-tree...grows every-where along the
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  • manella
    [cf. DIE malela, manila idem "fr. Manila fibre used for rope, etc."] n. the fibre of sisal, Agave sisalana, or
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  • maneet
    See MANITA JACK
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  • manchineedle, manchineely
    (Andros); manjaneedle (Mayag.); marchin' eel (White); machinella (Nassau); machineel [cf. Car, manjeneel etc. idem; cf. OED forms manchinello, machineel from
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  • man
    n. 1. [Atlantic; cf. US Black "man as term of address; cf. similar use of Mandingo cε man" (Dalby 1972.182)
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  • mammee sapota, mammee supporter
    /mámi sapówta/ [Atlantic; from Sp. from Taino mamey + Sp. zapote sapodilla from Nahuatl tzapotl idem] n. a fruit tree,
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  • mammee, mammee apple
    [Car.; cf. Sp. from Taino mamey idem] n. a fruit tree, Mammea americana: 1788 Mammee (Mammea americana) (Schoepf 307). 1976
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  • mamlit
    /mámlit/ [cf. DJE marmalet (p. 289); cf. OED marmalade with forms ending in -t until 1700's from Italian marmellata; cf.
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  • mama
    /máma/, mammy /mámi/ [cf. Car, máama, máami idem "cf. Twi mmá, mmaa woman, coinciding with English mamá or US máma"
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  • mally bump
    [etym?] n. a bump on the head. cf. CAMALLY, PAMALLY (Andros, San Sal.)
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