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  • boar thistle
    /bow tísl(i)/ [cf. OED, a corruption of bur thistle, DAE bull thistle, both different sp.] n. a plant, Sonchus oleraceus,
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  • boar-stag
    /bow stag/ [cf. Brit. dial. Mid., West idem a castrated boar; cf. also BOAR 4] n. a term of derision
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  • boar pigeon (plum)
    n. a tree, Coccoloba krugii, with small, dark red fruit: 1920 (Britton 118). = CRAB WOOD 3, FAMILY WOOD (Black)
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  • boar mastic
    n. a tree, Linociera bumelioides: 1977 (Patterson 71). (Exuma, Inagua)
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  • boar-hog bush
    n. a plant, Callicarpa hitchcockii, used medicinally: 1920 (Britton 373). 1978 Bo' Hog Bush is used to stimulate the appetite
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  • boar gum-elemi
    /bow gamélami/ [cf. BOAR 2, 3] n. 1. a tree, Bursera inaguensis: 1977 (Patterson 103). (Gen.) 2. the male gum-elemi
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  • boar grass
    (Mayag.); bull grass (Eleu., Adelaide) [cf. DAE bull grass a variety of pasture grass, Paspalum undulatum] n. a kind of
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  • board shoes
    [Car.; cf. BOARD] n. home-made sandals with wooden soles: I hear about board shoes before-time, but l ain' never see
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  • board-handle
    [Jam. idem DJE; cf. BOARD] n. a type of machete with a wooden handle. (Black)
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  • board
    [Atlantic; cf. DJE, KED; also Gul. piece o' boa'd (Parsons 1923:13)] n. wood, as a material: In a hurricane it
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