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  • mostest
    [from most + -est marking superlative (cf. WORSEST); also US dial. ADD] adv. or adj. most: 1895 Who could dive
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  • most
    /mows/ adv. 1. [OED idem obs.; also dial. in Brit. EDD, US ADD] almost (can occur at the end of
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  • mosquito bush
    [DJE different sp.] n. a shrub, Cassia biflora, with yellow flowers and brown pods: 1920 (Britton 167). (Inagua, San Sal.)
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  • mos'les, mostliest
    /mówsles/ [evidently from mostliest, influenced by MOS'EN, MOST pron., and MOSTEST] pron. most; what ...most: He got the mos'les (Eleu.).
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  • Moses berry
    [etym?] n. a shrub (sp?) or its edible black berries. (Black)
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  • mos'en
    [cf. OED the most thing that the chief thing that, what... most obs. except dial.] pron. what, . .most: Mos'en
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  • morton cotton
    [etym?] n. a shrub (sp?) used in infusions for upset stomachs. (Andros, Adelaide)
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  • Mortar heavy in the pestle
    [by logical reversal] phr. Things are bad (in response to "How are you?"). (Inagua)
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  • mortar
    [Car.] n. the native mortar, an upright log with one end hollowed out to contain grain, which is pounded with
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  • morning-morning!
    phr. And good morning to you! (in response to "[Good] morning!"). (Nassau)
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