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  • bassly
    /básli/ (Andros); barsly /bahsli/ (Mayag., Inagua); brassly /brásli (Andros), brázli (Mayag.)/ [cf. Jam. báazli (Ocimum micranthum); from basil influenced by
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  • basser
    /béysa/ [cf. Scots baser a bass singer CSD and US Black baser responding line sung by a gospel group (Major)]
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  • bass (2)
    /beys/ [Gul. idem (Writers' Program 1940: 42); cf. OED bass nonce word ... to utter or proclaim with a bass
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  • bass (1)
    bass drum (Gen.); bass guitar (San Sal.) /beys/ [from resemblance of sound to that of bass fiddle] n. a musical
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  • basket wood
    [cf. US basket willow (Salix viminalis) DAE] n. a tree (sp?) whose twigs are used in weaving fish traps. (Nassau)
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  • basket hoop
    [cf. Jam, basket hook a vine DJE and Bah. HOOK hoop] n. a plant, Croton lucidus: 1889 (Gardner 405).
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  • basket-head
    [cf. Kongo basa bedstead covered with a mat (Turner 1949:60) converging with basket, BEDHEAD] n. the head of a bedstead:
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  • Barlett pear
    [US: a particular variety of pear named after Enoch Bartlett, its distributor] n. any variety of northern pear (Pyrus communis).
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  • bar-tender
    [from the n.] v. to tend bar: He was bar-tendering. (Nassau)
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  • barsly
    See BASSLY.
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