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  • ball
    n. 1. [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:94); OED, balls fired from small arms are also called bullets] bullet. (San Sal.) 2.
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  • bald blenny
    n. a fish, Paraclinus infrons: 1968 (Böhlke 520). (Exuma)
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  • balao
    /baláw/ [cf. Puerto Rican Sp. balaju ballyhoo fish, of same genus WFF] n. a beaked fish, Hemiramphus balao. (Exuma, Inagua)
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  • balance off
    [cf. OED balance of partners in dancing: to move to and fro in converse direc-tions like the arms of a
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  • bakimba
    /bakímba/ [from to stand akimbo: "To rest one's hands on the hips, keeping the elbows square, and sticking out from
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  • bake-thing
    /beyk ting/ [W Car.] n. baked goods, such as bread, pastry, cakes, etc. (Black)
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  • Baker('s) cake
    [cf. Brit. dial. North, Mid, baker's bread bread made by a baker as distinguished from bread made at home EDD]
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  • baker
    /béyka/ [W Car.; cf. Brit. dial. West baker griddle (Orton L36), US dial. idem cast-iron oven DARE] n. I. the
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  • bake
    [W. Car.; OED "primarily used of preparing bread, potatoes, apples, the flesh of animals; thus, in the primary sense, distinguished
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  • Bajan taste
    /béyjan teys/ [cf. OEDS II Badian, Bajan Barbadian] n. a style of heavy upholstered furniture: 1966 (Crowley 98).
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