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  • hedgehog
    See EDGEHOG 818. edge-hog
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  • heavy strings
    [cf. OED to pull the strings to control the course of affairs (especially via influence)] n. good social or political
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  • heavy (down)
    [Krio idem (Hancock p.c.); cf. Scots heavy idem CSD] adj. advanced in pregnancy: Dey come back home heavy down! Pregnant
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  • heave up
    /hiyb op/ [cf. Scots heave to rise up, puff with conceit CSD] v. to walk throwing the hips, as if
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  • heated
    [cf. W Car. heaty idem; cf. OED heated made hot (i.e. artificially)] adj. (of the weather) hot. (Black)
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  • heart
    See STRONG HEART
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  • heart
    [OED, innermost or central part] n. 1. an ear of maize, especially the corn cob. (Elue., San Sal.) 2. the tassle
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  • hears
    See EARS.
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  • heard-of lie
    n. rumor, gossip: I wouldn't sell you no heard-of lie (Nassau).
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  • hear
    v. 1. Atlantic; cf. US Black idem in "I hear you, man" (Grove); an African calque: cf. Twi wó tè
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