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  • hike (a lift)
    [from hitch-hike, blending with get a lift] v. to hitch-hike. cf. CATCH A HIKE (Black)
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  • higue, hige
    See HAG. 918. hag, higue, hige, huyg
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  • high yellow
    /hay yála/ [also US Black (Major), dial. ADD; cf. Car, high colour idem DJE, perhaps akin to high high in
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  • high-hat
    [from its tall dorsal fin] n. a fish, Equetus acuminatus, with zebra stripes: 1978 (Campbell 141).
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  • high coppet, high carpet
    [cf. COPPET coppice, influence by carpet] n. a high growth of trees. = HIGH BUSH, RANK LAND (Black)
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  • high bush
    [Car.] n. tall growth (of trees): 1966 Walking through the high bush (Crowley 18). = HIGH BUSH, RANK LAND (Gen.)
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  • high blood
    [by shortening] n. high blood pressure: 1976 Not too many people living in Bain Town fifty years ago had a
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  • high
    v. [W Car.; OED idem obs. → 1633] to rise: 1966 High, tide, high! (Crowley 67). (gEn.)
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  • high
    adj. [OED, of meat, esp, game: tending towards decomposition, usually as a desirable condition] (of odors) strong, pungent, not necessarily
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  • hice-up
    [cf. HICE hoist] adj. (of clothing) too tight. cf. HOOK UP, SQUINCH UP (Exuma)
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