ears, hears, years
[Atlantic; these forms have different sources: year ear was used in standard English until the 16th century (OED) and is still current in US dial. ...
earth
/oyt/ [etym?] n. a marijuana cigarette. (Nassau) ...
eas'
/iys/ [cf. Brit. dial. North, Mid east yeast EDD, US dial. idem ADD] n. yeast: Johnny cake don't make with the eas' (Ragged). (Black) ...
eas' cake
[ US Black idem (Walker 1956:128); cf. LAS'] n. a small piece of unbaked dough left from one baking to provide a starter of yeast ...
ease up
[cf. OED ease to move gently] v. phr. to sneak up (on a person): 1966 And he walk, walk, and he ease up on Zachias ...
east'ard
/i'ystad/ [nautical; cf. Brit. dial, North, West easter eastern EDD, US dial. North east'ard ADD] n., adj., adv, eastern; eastward: 1918 See him to the ...
easy-to-get-ven
(Gen.); easy-to-get-mad (Inagua) [cf. W Car, easy-vex idem] adj. irascible: When mama come from work she's be too easy-to-get-vex (Nassau). ...
eat
[Car.; OED, "intr. with pass. force (chiefly with adj. or adv.): to have a certain consistency or flavour when eaten" → 1766 (obs?); US dial. ...
eating sore
[cf. OED eat of slow and gradual ac-tion, as of cancerous or similar disease; 1702 "That eating canker, Grief"] n. 1. an ulcer. (Gen).
2. cance. ...
eat off someone
[from eat + live off] v. phr. to eat at someone else's expense: She never have lunch no more—she just eat off people (Nassau). (Black) ...
eat someone out
[cf. Trin. eat out a plate of food (Winer p.c.) and US Black "Beer Rabbit.. .et out the cheese" (Fauset 1927:237); cf. OED eat out ...
Ebenezer jack
[etym?] n. a black variety of jack-fish, Caranx sp., which lives in the deep ocean. (Andros, Mayag) ...
Ebo
/íybow/ [OED Eboe a name applied in the West Indies to the negroes from Benin; cf. the lbo or Igbo people of southern Nigeria; the ...
Eboe light-wood
[DJE idem "at one time used for torches"; cf. US dial. South lightwood very resinous pine or other wood ADD] n. a tree, Erythroxylon brevipes: ...
ebony
[OED, DJE different sp.] n. a small tree, Hypelate trifoliata: 1905 (Shattuck 208). = RED WOOD (Black) ...
eddy
/édi/ [Car. édo; OED eddoes. . .eddy-root; DJE "cf. Fante edwó(w) yam, ndwo(w) root" also Nupe èdu wild yam sp. DNL, Igbo ede (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)1ED; ...
edge-hog
/ej hohg/ (Gen.); H-hog /eych hohg/ (San Sal.) [cf. DJE hedgehog fish /eyjag, eychag/] n. the porcupine fish, Diodon hystrix: 1731 Fish frequenting the Bahama ...
edge of the ocean
[cf. OCEAN deep sea] n. the drop-off dividing shallow water from the deep ocean. cf. SOUNDING (Andros, White) ...
edging
n. a style of plaiting STRAW1 (Wyannie Malone Museum display). (Black) ...
Egba
[W3 a Yoruba-speaking people of south-western Nigeria] n. Obs. an African ethnic group: 1891 [Bahamians] still retain their African tribal distinctions; they are divided into ...
egg apple
[OED, the fruit of the egg-plant, Solanum melongena] n. an unidentified fruit: 1827 The egg apple. . .highly esteemed by the islanders (Culmer 32). cf. ...
egg bird
[OED, a tern, Hydrochelidon fuliginosum] n. 1. the tropic bird: 1880 Phaethon flavirostris . . .local name: Egg Bird (Cory 204).
2. a tern: 1910 ...
egg fruit
n. 1. [DJE idem] the purple eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena.= GARDEN EGG 1 (Exuma)
2. [MCC idem] a small, yellow egg-shaped fruit (Lucuma sp.): ...
eggs
n. 1. [cf. Sra. eksi, Jam. hegz, both 'egg' (Hancock 1969:50)] sing. or pl. egg or eggs: I give the eggs—fowl eggs. And you lick ...
egg-trash
[W Car.; cf. TRASH] n. egg shells. (Black) ...
either
[ OED, in negative or interrogative sentences: any more than the other] conj. nor: He was not used to leaving his family, either the city ...
Eleuthera
Eleuthera, a major island of the Bahamas.
See ELEUTHERIA ...
Eleuthera bark
[W3 idem; not in DAE, OED; from the name of the island] n. cascarilla, the aromatic bark of a shrub, Croton eluteria or C. cascarilla, ...
Eleutheria
[cf. OED Eleutherian from Greek ελεύθερι-ος free + -an, the title of Zeus as protector of political freedom...1623] n. Obs. 1. a former name for ...
eleven o'clock
[cf. OED eleven o'clock lady different sp.] n. a shrub, Strobilanthes sp., with purple-blue flowers: 1956 (Higgs 3). The flowers close in the midday sun, ...
eleven-string
n. a width of STRAW1 plait woven with eleven strips: This one call eleven string cause that's how we make it (Andros). ...
else
[W Car.; cf. OED else besides, now only poet. or arch.] adv. besides (after nouns as well as indefinite pronouns): Any other thing else? (Nassau). ...
else-way
[cf. MCC assways backwards; OED else-wise in some other manner] adv. backwards. (San Sal., Mayag.) ...
Empire flowers
[from their blooming around Empire Day, May 23rd] n. the blossoms of the poinciana tree, Poinciana regia. = MAY-FLOWER TREE, SHAKER TREE, TOURIST TREE (Eleu.) ...
endeavor; endeavor best
[Trin. idem (Winer); cf. US dial, do one's endeavor best to exert oneself to the utmost (old-fash.) DARE; from the phr. I'll endeavor to do ...
ending-night
[MCC idem] n. the predawn hours, three to five a.m. (San Sal., Mayag.) ...
English thrasher
n. the northern mocking bird, Mimus polyglottos: 1960 (Bond 166). = BROWN THRASHER (San Sal.) ...
enjoy
[cf. OED, to give pleasure to obs. → 1610; US dial., to entertain; make happy ADD] v.t. to give pleasure (to someone): 1966 [A song] ...
envelop
/envelap/ n. envelope. (Exuma, San Sal.) ...
Errol Fitzgerald
[cf. Fitzgerald, an extended family living in The Ferry, Little Exuma; cf. also US Black unnamed ghost "with a long chain, spittin' fire" (Smiley 1919:368)] ...
erry
[also US Black (Hancock p.c.); cf. OED every 1440 "eryday"] adj. every (also in compounds): 1971 Err'y night he just wan' touch me up (McCartney ...
Essequibo lily
[after the Essequibo River, Guyana] n. a plant, Crinum sp.: 1889 (Gardner 356). cf. SPIDER LILY (Inagua) ...
etch!
[probably from ITCH! from BITCH!] intj. an exclamation of surprise, pain, or strong emotion; also an incitement to fight: Etch, I get ya! (Nas-sau, San ...
eucharist lily
[cf. OED eucharis (Greek 'pleasing') ... a South American bulbous plant bearing white bell-shaped flowers. . ."eucharis lilies"] n. a plant, Eucharis amazonica: 1889 (Gardner ...
evaporated cream
/(iy)vápareytad/ [from evaporated milk + CREAM condensed milk] n. unsweetened, condensed milk: 1978 (Higgs 35). You want I should give that vaporated cream to the ...
even
[OED, obs. exc. poet, and dial, → 1843; US dial. idern ADD] n. evening: 1918 Dat even' when (dey). .come (Parsons 142). (Black) ...
even
adv. (not) even (regularly occurring before negator or helping verb): 1974 She even een seventeen yet! (King 8). (Black) ...
evening
[Car.; also dial. in Brit. Mid, East EDD, US ADD; cf. also Port. tarde idem] n. the period from noon until dark: 1966 Well one ...
eventime
[cf. even; OED idem but archaic in US] n. evening: 1918 Here came a gentleman at even'- time. . ."Good evenin', Deah!" (Parsons 45). (Black) ...
ever
adv. 1. [Gul., US dial. South idem ADD; OED ever always: now arch. or merely literary ] always: He was ever in charge of a ...
exactly
(MCC idem; cf. OED, completely obs. → 1726] adv. much (too + adj.): It is exactly too high. (Gen.) ...
except
[Gul. idem (Gonzales 1922:292); US dial. "archaic" ADD] conj. unless: It's difficult to get there except he has transportation (Nassau). You can't go 'shore except ...
expecially
[cf. US dial. ex cape escape] adv. especially: He expecially. . .was real bad (Andros). (Black) ...
expensive
[cf. US colloq. $64 word idem] adj. (of words) rare, erudite. (Black) ...
extray
[W Car.; from x-ray, influenced by extra; cf. also US dial. extry extra ADD] n. x-ray. (Black) ...
Exuma
[from Lucayan; see quot.] n. a major Bahamian island group: 1500 Yumey (Juan de la Cosa map, quoted by Ilunte 1975:127). 1523 Suma (Turin map, ...
eye catch fire for something
[Car.; cf. it caught my eye and CATCH 10 to set on fire] phr. to get a sudden craving for something seen for the first ...
eye-man
[cf. OED eye-doctor idem] n. optometrist: 1977 Plenty of them who the eye-man test they eye he ain't do much good for them (Shilling 163). ...
eye-opener
[OED, US: a draught of strong liquor, esp. one taken in the morning] n. a stimulant drug; speed: 1971 (McCartney 27). ...
eyes
[Car.; cf. DJE yai, yaiz eye, eyes (in the folk speech inflectional distinction between sg. and plur. is lost: each form is used in either ...
eye-skin
[Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian po je (lit, skin eye) idem FICEED; cf. Krio yay-skin idem (Hancock p.c.); cf. lbo anya ahu (lit, eye-skin) idem (Okolo p.c.); ...
eye-water
[Pan-Creole; OED idem →1845, but this may be a loan translation: cf. Igbo ana-mmiri, Mandinka ngaya (Turner 90, 234), Malinke nye-yi (Echteld 187), Twi ani-suo ...
eye-winker
[Scots idem CSD; US dial. North, Mid DARE] n. eyelash: 1919 Eye-vinker never fall in your eye (Parsons 440). 1925 Eye-winkers older than beard (Finlay ...