Advanced search

Content in Definitions starting with G

Page 23 out of 26 Pages

  • gaulin shark
    (Mayag.); gauldin shank (White) [from the resemblance of its long, slender trunk to the legs of a GAULIN ] n. a shrub (sp?)
    474 views
  • gaulin crab
    (Exuma, Eleu.); gauliny (Andros) [cf. GAULIN, a heron which eats these crabs] n. a small crab (sp?). cf. PAMMY GAULINY
    695 views
  • gaulin
    /góhlin/, golden /gówlin/, goulding, galding [Car.; cf. Scots gawlin a fowl less than a duck CSD] n. various herons: the green heron, Buto­rides virescens;
    620 views
  • gas gut
    [cf. PUS GUT idem and US dial. South gank-gutted skinny ADD] n. a distended belly from malnutrition. = BELLY-SWELL, BIG GUT, SWELL
    473 views
  • garlic weed
    [from its odor] n. a plant, Petiveria alliacea: 1920 (Britton 135). = GUINEA-HEN WEED, OBEAH BUSH, POND BUSH, POOR-MAN­-STRENGTH; STRONG MAN'S WEED
    446 views
  • garlic pear tree
    [W Car.] n. a tree, Crataeva tapia: 1889 Garlic pear tree. . from the odor of its fruits (Gardner 364). (Black)
    397 views
  • garf
    /gahf/, graph, graft /graf/ [cf, Krio gaf hold back (Hancock p.c.), Gul, graf idem (Writers' Program 1940:54); cf. OED gaff stick with
    500 views
  • garden punk
    [cf. OED garden a jocular substitute for common or ordinary (slang)+ PUNK] n. a male homosexual. (Andros)
    444 views
  • gardenia
    [OED, W3 different sp.] n. a shrub, Tabernaemontana cashmere, with fragrant white flowers: 1956 (Higgs 25). (Eleu., White)
    381 views
  • garden egg
    n. 1. [DJE, KEG idem] the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena. = EGG FRUIT 1 (Eleu.) 2. [from its appearance] a small, whitish
    591 views

one category up

Definitions starting with G

Subcategories