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  • riffle
    [OED groove] n. a slash: 1936 I cud draw razor on 'im an' gie 'im a riffle (Dupuch 65). (San Sal.) —v.
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  • ride (2)
    [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:54); cf. DAE ride to convey in a vehicle obs. → 1848] v. to give someone a ride: My uncle ride
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  • ride (1)
    v. 1. [Trin. idem (Winer); cf. Gul. "Ole hag ...rides yuh", i.e. Witches "ride people asleep and cause horrible dreams as they
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  • rice bird
    (Black); rise bird (White) [cf. Gul. rice bud black bird (Rhame 1933:43);W3 rice bird any of several small birds common in rice fields]
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  • rice bellow, rice bullo
    [cf. OED pilau an Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with fowl, meat, or fish, and spices, raisins, etc.; cf. US
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  • rice
    See STICK LIKE WHITE ON RICE.
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  • rhyming spiritual
    (Eleu.); rhyming anthem (Inagua, San Sal.) [of. RHYME and ANTHEM] n. a kind of religious song sung in three parts:
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  • rhymer
    [cf. RHYME2] n. 1. [W Car.] a raconteur. (Black) 2. the lead singer in a RHYMING SPIRITUAL, usually a tenor who gives the story line:
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  • rhyme (2)
    v. [W Car.; cf. Brit. dial. West, Wales rhyme to talk nonsense; to tell lies; to compose EDD] to recount; to
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  • rhyme (1)
    [by metaphor] v. to move in coordination with another dancer: 1976 His movements were always lascivious and diected to one
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