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  • eating sore
    [cf. OED eat of slow and gradual ac-tion, as of cancerous or similar disease; 1702 "That eating canker, Grief"] n.
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  • eat
    [Car.; OED, "intr. with pass. force (chiefly with adj. or adv.): to have a certain consistency or flavour when eaten"
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  • easy-to-get-ven
    (Gen.); easy-to-get-mad (Inagua) [cf. W Car, easy-vex idem] adj. irascible: When mama come from work she's be too easy-to-get-vex (Nassau).
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  • east'ard
    /i'ystad/ [nautical; cf. Brit. dial, North, West easter eastern EDD, US dial. North east'ard ADD] n., adj., adv, eastern; eastward:
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  • ease up
    [cf. OED ease to move gently] v. phr. to sneak up (on a person): 1966 And he walk, walk, and
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  • eas' cake
    [ US Black idem (Walker 1956:128); cf. LAS'] n. a small piece of unbaked dough left from one baking to
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  • eas'
    /iys/ [cf. Brit. dial. North, Mid east yeast EDD, US dial. idem ADD] n. yeast: Johnny cake don't make with
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  • earth
    /oyt/ [etym?] n. a marijuana cigarette. (Nassau)
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  • ears, hears, years
    [Atlantic; these forms have different sources: year ear was used in standard English until the 16th century (OED) and is
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  • early nut
    See OILY NUT.
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