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  • Bamakansa
    [cf. Kongo bama to scold + kanza to bite (Turner 1949:58, 105)] n., Obs? the name of a folk tale
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  • balm
    [OED idem arch.] v. to embalm (a corpse): 1980 (Dorsett 13). (Nassau)
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  • ballyhoo
    /balihúw, baliyúw/ [W Car.; from Puerto Rican Sp. balajit idem WFF] n. a beaked fish, Hemiramphus brasiliensis: 1968 (BollIke 124).
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  • ball up
    [from balled wadded together] adj. of skirts or trousers that are too large: bulkily tucked in around the waist: He
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  • ball-plated
    [W Car.; from bald-pated by folk etym.] adj. bald: 1918 Jack saw his head was bal'-plated and he say, "0
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  • ball-plate
    [cf. OED, DJE bald-pate, a different sp.] n. the American widgeon, Mareca americana, a black bird with a white head.
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  • balloon vine
    [etym?] n. a plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum: 1910 (Northrop 166). (Eleu.)
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  • ballon gut
    [from its ability to distend its body when alarmed] n. the swellfish, Diodon holocanthus. (Andros)
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  • ball-head
    /bóhl ed/ [Atlantic; from bald (with simplification of final consonant cluster, possibly with converging influence from ball sphere) + head]
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  • baller
    [cf. BALL 2 and OED obs., baller one who takes part in a ball; note also "Balum Rancum. A hop
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