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  • barry
    /bári/ [cf. BARRACUTA] n. the barracuda fish, Sphyraena barracuda. = BARRACUTA, COODA, HANGY (Black)
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  • barrout
    /baráwt/ [Atlantic; cf. Scots bethout without CSD with rhotacism of /t, d/] prep. without: 1970 Dey. . . gone de
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  • barrent
    [from barren, by hypercorrection of final consonant cluster (cf, wan' want)] adj. (of women) infertile: I hear say she barrent—das
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  • barracuta
    /barakúwta/; barracouti /barakúwti/ [W. Car.; from standard Sp. barracuda (but note Honduran Sp. baracuta WFF); cf. OED barracoota 1772] n.
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  • barraco
    /bárakow/ [from the port of Baracoa, Cuba opposite Inagua?] n. a variety of pineapple having very large eyes. (Eleu.)
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  • barn (house)
    n. 1. [cf. US dial. South barn small shed with a feedroom and a single stall (Brown 1976)] a small
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  • barks
    n. pl. 1. pieces of bark. (Andros, Eleu.) 2. husks of coconuts: Carvings made from coconut barks. (Nassau)
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  • bark of the tree
    n. phr. the lower trunk, especially of a large tree with big roots. (Exuma)
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  • bark
    n. [OED, the rind, husk, or shell of fruit and grains obs. → 1661] the husk of a coconut: 1978
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  • bar jack
    [from markings?] n. a fish, Caranx ruber: 1968 (Böhlke 330). (Black)
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