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  • he, 'e
    /hiy, hi, iy, i/ pron. [Pan-Creole: cf. i 'he, she, it' in Krio, LA Fr., Port. Guine (Taylor 1977:172); cf.
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  • hawkfish
    n. a family of perch-like fish, the Cirrhitidae: 1968 (Böhlke 442). (Black)
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  • have
    v. 1. [Pan-Creole (Bickerton 1981:66); cf. Trin. it have there is (Ottley 45); cf. Brazilian Port. tinha (lit, it had)
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  • haunt, hant
    /hant/ v. 1. [cf. Scots hunt to frequent CSD; cf. US dial. South hunt to haunt DARE] (of spirits) to
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  • haul-up
    [cf. HAUL-OVER] n. a place of portage. (Eleu., San Sal.)
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  • haul-over
    [W Car.; DAB idem obs. →1882, but cur-ent in Florida; cf. W3, portage] n. land separating two bodies of water
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  • hauling
    [Scots idem CSD] n. fishing with a net: 1832 (Farquharson, quoted by Craton 1962:192). 1977 He often spent some time
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  • haul-back
    (Black); hold back (White) [cf. Scots haal hold CSD; from the hooked prickles that catch and hold the passer-by] n.
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  • haul
    v. 1. [W Car.; cf. OED, to pull or draw with force, especially in nautical language; cf. Brit. dial. Mid,
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  • haslet
    (Gen); hatless (Crooked) [cf. Gullah haslet an unspecified organ (Gonzales 1924:45); cf. OED haslet (hastlet to 1700's) a piece of
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