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  • Bloochel
    /blúwchal/ [from blue shell?] n. the name of a folktale character. (Cat)
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  • blolly wood
    (White); blorry (Eleu.) [cf. W3, DJE loblolly different sp.] n. a tree, Guapira discolor: 1977 (Patterson 75). 1977 Bloli-wood (Albury
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  • blonks
    See BELONG.
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  • blocks
    (Black); block (San Sal., Mayag., Inagua) [cf. US city block; Australian the block a street or quarter of a city;
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  • blocked out
     phr. (of a passage way) blocked: I can't get past—the door block out (Nassau). (Black)
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  • blind road
    [cf. blind alley an alley closed at one end] n. a small gravel road leading off the main one. (Eleu.)
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  • blind-eye bush
    [cf. DJE blind-eye different sp., "resin is liable to irritate the eyes of axemen"] n. a shrub, Helicteres jamaicensis: 1920
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  • blind charm
     [cf. W3 blind subterfuge] n. an intentionally misleading explanation; a cover-up. (Black)
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  • blessing
     n. 1. [OED, prospering influence of God] a very brief shower of rain. (Andros, San Sal.) 2. [OED, euphemism for
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  • blast
    /blas; also blast (White)/ [cf. Jam. black blast DJE; OED a sudden infection destructive to vegetable or animal life (formerly
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