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  • see: have nothing to see with something
     [cf. Sp. no tiene nada que ver con eso or Port. não há nada a ver com isso, both 'It
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  • secure
    [0ED, protect from danger] v. to put away, store: Please secure your garbage (sign in Nassau). Pick in your clothes
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  • S.E.C.'s
    /es iy siyz/ [etym? but cf. Fr. sec dry, possibly from Haitian goods] n. dry goods, as blankets, clothing, furniture,
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  • sea whips
    [from its long, flexible stems] n. a sea plant, Cirrepathes sp.: 1978 (Campbell 145).
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  • sea-weed
    [OED different sp.; from habitat near rather than in the sea] n. a land plant, Rhachical­lis rupestris: 1889 Called by the fishermen
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  • sea wasp
    [DJE idem] n. a small, stinging jellyfish (sp?). cf. SEA NEEDLE, NETTLE (Black)
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  • sea tinnicky
    [etym?, but cf. Guy. tengaleh pincers of a crab (Yansen 27)] n. a blue sea crab. (White, Cat)
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  • sea star
    [Belize idem (Dayley); OED idem] n. a starfish. (Nassau)
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  • season someone's ass
     [cf. OED season to discipline, train obs. → 1658] phr. to give someone a beating: Daddy season up he ass well and
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  • seaside plum
    (Black); seaside plump (Inagua, Mayag.) [cf. PLUMP plum] n. 1. a tree, Ximenia americana: 1889 (Gardner 372). = SPANISH PLUM ,WILD OLIVE
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