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  • false
    n. [OED idem obs. →1603] a lie, (Gen.) —adj. (of plants) resembling the species that legi­timately bears the name. cf. BASTARD
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  • fall out
    [OED, military to drop behind a marching body (e.g. from fatigue)] v. to faint: I feel as if lam going to
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  • falling crop
    (Exuma); fall ring crop (Mayag.) [cf. FALL to clear (land)] n. the third harvest of the year of certain crops, such
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  • fall ill and shameful
    phr. to fall upon evil days; to decline physically. (Black)
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  • fall away
    [Gul. idem (Writers' Program 1940:94), Bajan to lose weight (Collymore); cf. Krio fol to appear old and wrinkled KED; cf. OED fall
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  • fall
    v [W Car.; cf. Brit. dial. West, Irel. fall to fell EDD; also US dial. ADD] to fell (timber); to clear
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  • fall
    n. [cf. W Car, fall down (of unwed girls) to haves first pregnancy; cf. OED fall (of a woman) to surrender her
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  • fair-skin
    [Car.; cf. OED fair of complexion and hair: light as opposed to dark] adj. having a light brown complexion and soft,
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  • fairly well
    [cf. OED fairly passably, tolerably; cf. FAIR 2 completely + WELL very, a lot] adv. phr. very much: I fairly well
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  • fair, fear
    /fie/ adv. I. [OED fair moderately, not excessively obs. → 1450; US dial. idem ADD] moderately: It fear drisslin' [Le. it's
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