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  • bead
    [OED seems to misinterpret following quot.] n., Obs? a strip of palmetto leaf: 1885 The sponges are strung upon small
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  • beach up
    [cf. OED beach v.t. to run or haul (a vessel) up on the beach] v.i. of boats, fish, etc.: to
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  • beaching: go beaching
    v. phr. to go to the beach, especially to go swimming: The sea is so close to the settlement that
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  • beach hawk
    [from habitat] n. a seashore bird of prey, Tyrannus intrepidus? (Black)
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  • be (2)
    [cf. Gul. Bro' Rabbit be look fo' see ef Bro' Wolf been a-comin' (Parsons 1923:40); from BE1 1] preverbal habitual
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  • be (1)
    [Car., US Black; from use after iterative marker DOES, later lost (Rickford 1974:96ff.)] v. 1. to be (habitually): 1929 I
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  • bay wormwood
    n. a seashore shrub, Croton linearis: 1920 (Britton 223). = GRANNY BUSH (Inagua)
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  • bay winders
    [cf. BAY VINE] n. a seashore vine, Ipomea pes-caprae, with purple flowers resem-bling morning glories. = BAY HOP, BEACH MORNING
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  • bay vine
    [from habitat and form, but cf. /vayn/ to wind] n. a seashore vine, probably Ipomea pes-caprae. cf. BAY WINDERS, BAY
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  • bay thyme
    n. a seashore vine (sp?) with leaves resembling thyme. cf. BAY ARRANGIA (Andros, White)
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