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• lace edge
  [from appearance] n. a style of plaiting narrow strips of STRAW together tightly, forming large double hoops on the edge (Bannister display). (Gen.) ...
• lady fingers
  [DJE idem; OED different sp.] n. a long, slender variety of chili pepper (Capsicum sp.). (Adelaide) ...
• lala
  /lála/ [etym. uncertain, but cf. LOLLY idem] n. vagina (child's word). (Black) ...
• lamb conch
  n. a variety of conch (Strombus sp.): 1928 (Curry 107). (Gen) ...
• lamp-lighter
  (Gen.); lamp-a-lighter (Black) [cf. DJE lamp-outer idem] n. the firefly. ...
• lan
  [from lance, construed as plural] n. lance: 1895 De man take 'e lan' [lance] (Edwards 73). ...
• land
  /lan/ [etym?] n. a large foot: You wearin' lan' [i.e. your feet are big] (Eleu.). Boy, go put shoes on them land you got there ...
• lander
  [etym?] n. a bump on the head. (Rum Cay, San Sal) ...
• land guffer
   See GUFFER. ...
• land-paper
  [cf. DJE birth-paper birth certificate] n. a deed; a title (to land): We don't have to take land papers; Father Allen don't sell fish too ...
• land somebody off
   [ cf. OED land to set on shore, to set down from a vehicle; cf. Brit. dial. North, Scots land to reach home EDDI v. ...
• Language
  Bahamian terms referring to language suggest that Bahamians had a very accurate perception of the linguistic realities of their country long before linguists started trying ...
• lap
  [US Black idem (Faucet 1927:261); cf. US dial, lap from obs, lop, the loppings of a tree ... a treetop left on the ground after ...
• lapli
  /laplíy/ [Haitian from Fr. la pluie the rain] n. rain (used with Haitians). (Eleu.) ...
• lart
  /laht/, lartin, /láhtin/ [cf. OED lath idem] n. stick or sticks used as a foundation for THATCH in making a roof; De house was t'atch. . ...
• larzhan
  /lahzhán/ [Haitian from Fr. l'argent the money] n. money (used with Haitians). (Exuma) ...
• last
  /las/ [cf. DJE las' y last or youngest child;Krio las sista youngest sister KED] adj. youngest (in a family): my las' sister (Nassau). (Gen.) ...
• last: I give you last
  [cf. Car. last lick, DJE Krio gi las KED, both idem; cf. Brit. dial. North last bat poison, West last touch, idem EDD, also cf. ...
• last-last
  /lás las/ [Atlantic; by reduplication of last; cf. Mandinka lábang-labango the very end (Rowlands 1969b:158)] adj. the very last. (Black) ...
• last name
   ["A person's surname is referred to as his . . . first name because he was born with it" (Otterbein 1966:117)] n. Christian or given ...
• last of all
  [OED, (at) the very last] adv. phr. finally: 1925 Each one want the other to begin. Last of all they get to fuss (Finlay 293). ...
• lated
  [Car.; Gul. idem (Writers' Program 1940:31); OED, belated poetical; Brit. dial. North idem EDD] adj. 1. late; behind time: 1936 Well, dey havin' wun champain ...
• latrin
  /látrin/ [cf. OED latron obs. Scots variant of latrine] n. a privy, (Exuma) ...
• latrope
  [from heliotrope?] n. the small-leaf wild fig, Ficus perforata. (Adelaide) ...
• lau
  /law/ [etym. uncertain, but cf. Sp. bacalao /bakáláw/ codfish, or various locally important food fishes W3] n. a long fish (sp?) resembling the barracuda. (Andros, San Sal.) ...
• laugh: Oh Lord, I can't laugh
  phr. I could die laughing. (Exuma) ...
• laughing bird
  (San Sal.); laughing pinder (Andros); laughy (Black)  [cf. Irel. laughing gull the herring gull EDD; cf. OED laughing in the names of animals, so called from their ...
• law:
  more than the law allow [cf. OED law custom; customary rule or usage obs.-1535] phr. more than proper or customary: 1936 More bell ringin' an' ...
• lawful
  [cf. Krio loful pikin legitimate child KED; OED, of offspring: born in lawful wedlock, e.g. "lawful issue"] adj. (of children) legitimate: I'm the lawful one! (Eleu.), (Black) ...
• lawless
  [Car.; OED, unbridled; cf. also OED law correctness of conduct obs.→1440] adj. crude; lacking a sense of decorum: A lawless laugh (San Sal.). (Black) ...
• lay-back
  [cf. US slang lay to have coitus with someone DAS] adj. pregnant: 1980 (Dorsett 4). Her and Annie, all two of them lay-back the same time (Nassau). ...
• lay off
  [OED, to take a rest, dial. and US] v.i. 1. to lie back and relax: 1918 He laid off jus' de same as if he was dead (Parsons ...
• lay on your chest
  or stomach [Trin. idem (Winer p.c.); cf. OED lie on the stomach of food: to be felt as oppressive obs.→1711; cf. Brit., US dial. lay lie] v. phr. ...
• lazy tree
  [OED lazy applied to things, places, or conditions favourable or appropriate to laziness] n. a large shade tree with a bench for resting and conversing. cf. GABBY-BENCH, ...
• le
  See LE' GO, LE'S. ...
• leaf
  [W Car.; cf. Réunion Cr. Fr. fey koko (lit. leaf coconut) idem (Chaudenson 1974:212)] n. palm frond: 1966 Take a couple of coconut leaves (Crowley 109). 1977 ...
• leaf-of-life
  [Car. idem "any leaf of which, dropped on the ground, sprouts a new plant at each indentation in its edge (this probably explains the origin of the name, ...
• leakening
   [stem from present participle leakin' + -ing; cf. OED leak v.t. to let (water etc.) in or out through a leak] v. leaking: It leakening water (Exuma). (Black) ...
• lean up
  [by analogy to lean down] v. phr. to stop leaning; to stand up. (Nassau) ...
• learn
  /loyn/ [Car.; cf. Brit., US dial, learn to teach "now vulgar" OED; cf. Scots leir (and cognate German lehren) idem CSD) v. to teach: 1880 ...
• learn to know
  [ probably a blending of learn and get to know, but cf. German kennenlernen (lit. learn to know) idem, possibly with Brit. dial. cognates] v. phr. to ...
• leather-winged bat
  [cf. Bajan leather bat (Colly­more 16), Jam, leather-wing idem OED, US dial. South leather-winged bat WSC, all Brit. dial. North, West EDD] n. the bat (the ...
• leave
   [cf. LEFF leave, by hypercorrection] v. left (over): 1966 There's one more hand [of ba­nanas] leave (Crowley 53). Ain't nothing leave (ibid 113). (Black) leave away [from a blending ...
• leave-over
  [W Car.; by hypercorrection of LEFF leave] n. 1. left-savers, food. (Eleu) 2. an inherited wardrobe: leave-over clothes (Eleu). cf. BANG-BANG ...
• lee.
  See LEETLE. ...
• Leekie
  [etym. uncertain, but cf. DHS Leek Welsh­man, and Scots leeky of the hair: much in need of curling tongs CSD] n. a Chinese person (slang). cf. WONG (Nassau, ...
• leetle
  /liytal/, lee /liy/ [cf. Belize lii little (Dayley); leetle in Gul. (Gonzales 1922:310), US Black (Parsons 1917b:224); cf. OED leetle a jocular imitation of a hesitating or deliberately ...
• leff, lef, left
  /lef/ [Atlantic; cf. Brit. dial. West lef leave EDD] v, to leave: 1918 Stay here an' bury yourself in de san' an' jus' lef out one ...
• le' go
  /legow/ [Atlantic; cf. colloq. Brit. leggo idem but also São Tomé Port. Cr. lε 'ga idem (cf. Port. largar (Ivens Ferraz 1979:55), Haitian lage idem HCEFD, and Pap. ...
• le's
  [W Car.; US Black idem ESEA; Labov (1972: 114 ff.) notes a similar assimilation of /t/ in US Black i's it's, da's that's, wha's what's (all ...
• less'n, lessen
  conj. 1. [cf. OED less than unless obs. →1772; US dial. idem ADD] unless: 1969 It ain't gon grow lessen he bud it wid a good healty ...
• let
  [probably a hypercorrection of make let; cf. SA let to cause to do, to make: translation of Afrikaans laat idem (but cf. Dutch laten let [only])] ...
• letter-opener
  [from shape] n. an eel-like fish, Ophidion nocornis: 1968 (Böhlke 168). (San Sal) ...
• libary
  [also US dial. ADD, US Black ESEA] n. library: [sign in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera] LIBARY. (Black) ...
• lice plant
  [cf. OED lice-bane, obs. →1755] n. a vine (sp?) with a purplish flower. cf. LICE ROOT (Eleu.) ...
• lice root
    [cf. LICE PLANT] n. a woody vine, Rhabdadenia sagraei: 1920 (Britton 337).     ...
• lick
  [Car.; also But, dial. EDD] n. a blow. (Gen.) —v. 1. to strike: 1966 He grab one piece of crab sticks. . . All about he ...
• lickerish
  [Car. greedy'; OED, fond of delicious fare] adj. (of infants) inclined to taste every­thing. (Nassau) ...
• lickin'
    [US dial. idem 'exceedingly (tasty)' ADD] adj. excellent; first-rate. (Nassau)     ...
• lick spittle
  [ cf. 1811 DVT idem 'talebearer'] v. phr. to gossip: She always lickin' spittle (Inagua). (Black) ...
• lick-um-down
  [cf. LICK v. 1, UM] n. (in wrestling) throwing one's opponent or knocking him down by any means available: 1940 [to wrestlers] No prapra, no ...
• licorice vine, liquorice vine
  /likrish, likwish, likrid/ n. 1. [Car. idem DJE] a vine, Abrus precatorius, having red seeds with black spots. = BEAD VINE, BLACK-EYED SUSAN, MACKABEE, RED-EYE SUZY, ...
• licorice weed, liquorice weed
   [DIE idem] n. a plant, Scoparia dulcis: 1889 (Gardner 396). (San Sal.) ...
• lie
  [ cf. Gul. lie, Sra. lay tori tale, riddle (Dillard 1977:141; cf. also DJE nine-night lie idem and Réunion Cr. Fr. zistwa:r mãte:r idem (Chauden­son ...
• life-leaf
  [cf. LEAF-OF-LIFE ideM] n. a plant, Bryophyllum pinnatum: 1956 (Higgs 10). I boil the life-leaf. . . give him two draught of that or three, cough ...
• lift, lift up
    /lif op/ v.i. 1. [Car.] to get up and leave; to move on. (Black)   2. (of airplanes) to lake off: The plane lif' yet? ...
• lift wing
  /lif wing/ v. phr. (of birds) to flap the wings to take off or, while flying, to raise the wings to brake and land. (Andros, ...
• ligdum vitae, ligdel vitae
  (Mayag.); liglum vitae (Inagua) n. the lignum vitae tree, Guiacurn officinale. = BUCKLY WHITEY, NIGLUM VITAE ...
• light
  1. v. [DJE idem; OED idem obs. →1596] (of day) to become light: 1918 Jus' as day light in de morning, dey went (Parsons 137). (Gen.) ...
• light bread
  [US dial. South idem, common wheat or loaf bread as opposed to bread cornbread WEA; cf. LIGHT 2] n. bread leavened with yeast as opposed ...
• light bulf
  [W Car. idem, where Miskito /f, p/ alternation may have influenced light bulb after devoicing of final consonant to bulp (cf. M. selp, self, both ...
• lighter
  n. 1. [cf. OED, a flat-bottomed boat or barge for (un)loading ships that cannot dock; see quot.]  a teenage boy who is shy of girls: ...
• lightning strikes
  [US dial. South idem; from strike v.] n. pl. bolts of lightning. (Black) ...
• light-skin
  [Car.] adj. having a light-brown complexion. (Gen.) ...
• light up
  [cf. W3 lit up drunk slang] adj. intoxicated: He light right up (Exuma). ...
• lightwood
  [US dial. idem, very resinous pine or other wood used for kindling ADD, from its use in lighting fires] n. 1. a tree, Lasciocroton macrophyllus: 1910 ...
• lignum aloes
  [OED idem, aloes (wood)] n. a shrub (sp?): 1731 The wood is of a very dark brown color . . in smell and appearance re­sembling ...
• like
  conj. [cf. Car. same like same as DJE] as (with comparisons): 1936 Now dey don' have t' sen' no monument big like dat t' de ...
• like
  v. [also US colloq. (used by adolescents)] to be sexually attracted to (someone): All the boys was my cousin-dem and you couldn't like your own ...
• liken, liking
  [cf, LIKE V. and OED liken to be assigned by repute as a lover obs, ±1575] v. to court: When we was young, anybody who ...
• like peas
  [Trim idem (Winer)] phr. in abundance: He get licks like peas (Nassau). ...
• lily
  [Atlantic; "iteration of Ii, a reduced form of little" DJE; cf. LEE] adj. little: 1925 Look how dar lily boy do yer (Finlay 293). (Black) ...
• lily tree
  [from the appearance of its flowers] n, the maguey plant, Agave americana. = FLOWERING ALOE, SPIKED ALOE (Black) ...
• limber
  /limba/ v. I. [Car. idem; OED, supple, lithe] to bend over. (Black) 2. [W3 idem "usually with up"] to relax one's muscles. (Mem) —n. [cf. LIMBER Y. ...
• limberting
  [probably from limber adj. + thing] n. a shrub (sp?) used medicinally. = GLOVE BUSH (Andros) ...
• limber up
  [cf. Brit. dial. North, Mid lamper to walk heavily EDD] v. phr. to walk with a limp. (Andros, ...
• Limburger vine
  [cf. OEDS II Limburger a strong- smelling cheese; from its odor? ] n. a plant, Morinda roic: 1977 (Patterson 121). cf. WILD MULBERRY (Inagua) ...
• lime conch
   [etym?] n. a variety of conch (Strombus sp.). (Black) ...
• limit: make the limit
  [cf. speed limit] v. phr. to drive a vehicle at the maximum legal speed. (Exuma) ...
• limpy up
  [cf. LIMBER UP, limp] adj. crippled: 1966 He start to go home now. All limpy up and bleeding (Crowley 55). (Black) ...
• line
  [Gul. idem (Turner 1949:267); OED, a circle of the terrestrial sphere; probably from nautical usage] n. the island or place in question, as in UP ...
• line: when the sun cross the line
  [cf. OED line a circle of the terrestrial sphere . .. the equi­noctial line, the equator; probably from nautical usage; cf. US dial, line storm ...
• lined seahorse
   [from its markings?] n. a variety of seahorse, Hippocampus erectus: 1968 (Böhlke 183). cf. LION SEA-HORSE (San ...
• line edge
  n. a style of plaiting STRAW1 together, leavings flattened edge of folds (Bannister display). (Inagua) ...
• line off
  v. phr. I. [cf. US dial. South line out idem WES; cf. also Scots liner-out one who prefers the reading of a psalm line by ...
• ling
   [from RING idem by /l, r/ alternation: cf. DJE lxi and US Black brack black (Bullock 1898: ...
• lingy
  /linggi/ [cf. Sanskrit linga(m) idem, conceiv­ably brought from India by the British army like CHATTY] n. penis ...
• link vine,
  link weed n. a climbing plant, Vanilla articulate: 1910 (Northrop 148). = WORMWOOD (San Sal.) ...
• lion
  cf. DJE lion a "blood" about town, a "hot boy"; beyond its association with virility and strength, ...
• lion lizard
  [OED idem, the basilisk (different sp.), from the comparison of its crest to a lion's mane] n. a lizard, Ameiva auberi. = BLUE TAILED LIZARD, ...
• lion seahorse
  [from the mane-like growths around its head] n. a variety of seahorse (sp?). cf.  LINED SEAHORSE (Nassau, Mayag.) ...
• lion tongue
  [cf. DJE idem "the Sansevieria, from the shape of the leaf" ] n. a plant (sp?). cf. WILD EDDY, SILK MANELLA (Andros, Adelaide) ...
• lipton tea
  [from the brand name] n. commercially sold black tea, especially in bags, as opposed to BUSH TEA: She say she go draw some lipton tea ...
• liquorice
   See LICORICE. ...
• little
  [cf. OED little few, with plurals and col­lective singulars obs. →1660] adj. few (with plurals): Very little gardens are being kept (Nassau). (Black) ...
• Little Red Men
  [cf. RED of European com­plexion] n. mythical creatures said to inhabit the island of Andros: 1966 The ...
• little small
  [also US Black (Keiser 1969:56), Brit. colloq.; cf. US great big ADD] adj. very small: They don't want no little small banana to eat (Nassau). ...
• little sour
  [cf. SOUR; by opposition to BIG SOUR bitter-sweet orange] n. the lime. (San Sal.) ...
• live by olden-days time
  phr. to follow old customs: She still does live by olden-days time—she's cook the peas and rice right in the yard (Long). (Black) ...
• live (doing)
  [cf. Sp, vivo cantando (lit. I-live singing) I'm always singing] v. phr. to do con­tinuously or habitually; always do: We live hearing this saying (COB). ...
• live-forever
   (cf. LEAF-OF-LIFE, LIFE-LEAF n. a medicinal plant, Bryophyllum pinnatum: 1905 (Shattuck 207). 1978 (Higgs 7.). = PLOPPERS, PORPUS ...
• live good
  [Car.] v. phr. to get along well: Dey living good, like breda (Nassau). (Gen.) ...
• live story
  /layv stowri/ [W Car.] n. an eyewitness account. (Black) ...
• lizard
   [from shape] n. penis (youth slang). cf. SLING YOUR LIZARD (Exuma, Eleu)     ...
• Lizzie potato
  n. a variety of sweet potato: 1977 I helped to plant sweet potatoes. The "Lizzie" potato was known to grow quickly (Albury 27). ...
• loaded down
  adj. pregnant. cf. HEAVY DOWN (Black) ...
• loaden
  [OED idem, obs. except dial.; US dial. idem ADD] v. to load: They loaden the boat now (Eleu.). ...
• loaf off
  [from loaf n.] v. phr. to separate (bread dough) into loaves: You knead you bread, let it rise a little bit, then loaf it off ...
• lobo
  /lówbow/ [cf. Sp. lobo del mar or lobo marino (lit. sea wolf) seal] n. the West Indian monk seal, Monachus tropicalis, now extinct: 1978 He ...
• lobster
  [cf. OED lob something pendulous, a lump dial.] n. dried nasal mucus. (White) ...
• local
  [probably from expatriate use of local, perhaps influenced by low] adj. 1. humble, lowly : My supervisor never thought that a job was too local ...
• lock
  [cf. Krio lok baffled, unable to reply (Hancock p.c.); from locked (in); cf. Haitian pran nan lak trapped HCEFD] adj. in a predicament: The woman ...
• lodging
  [cf. OED lodge a shed or out-house dial.] n. a shed where crops are stored. (Exuma, Mayag.) ...
• loggerhead
  [OED 1772 → but DJE 1707 →] n. a large, inedible sea turtle, Thalassochelys caretta: 1731 (Catesby II 38). (Gen.) ...
• lolly
  [cf. Trin. lolo penis (Winer); etym. uncertain, but cf. Krio tololi male genitals, from Limba (Hancock p.c.)] n. the female genitals (child's word). cf. LALA ...
• lone
  [OED, only obs. → 1602; alone obs. → 1817] adj. only; nothing but; many: 1979 Lone eyes start turnin' an cameras start flashin' (Smith 2). ...
• long
  adj. 1. [Atlantic; OED idem → 1609 "now rare except in jocular use" but cf. also São Tomé Port Cr. lóngó and Kishinkongo -alambuka both ...
• long-belly
  [Car.] adj. gluttonous. (Exuma) ...
• long cord
  n. the foot-long seed pods of certain native trees. (White) ...
• long dollars
  [cf. US Black money ain't long enough money isn't sufficient (Folb); cf. LONG 2] n. a great deal of money: You got to have long ...
• long gaulin
  [also Vir. (Highfield), DJE, "evid. transf. from the name of the bird gaulin (heron)"] n. a tall, thin person: You nothin' but a long gaulin ...
• long-leg
  [OED different sp.] n. type of large mosquito, especially the male: 1817 Long legs, moquitoes, and sand flies (Dowson 99). (Exuma, Eleu.) ...
• long out
  [W Car.; cf. loll idem (Parsons 1918: 94)] v. phr. to extend (the tongue): 1966 B' Snake started longing out he tongue at B'Rabby (Crowley ...
• long-tail crow
  [DJE idem] n. the smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, a black bird related to the cuckoo: 1972 (Paterson 94). = (BLACK) CROW, BLACK BIRD, BLACK DAW, ...
• long-tail dove
  [cf. DJE long-tailed pea-dove idem] n. the mourning dove, Zenaida macroura: 1972 (Paterson 85). (Inagua, White) ...
• long time
  [Car.] adv. phr. a long time ago; for a long time: 1966 I been want somebody eat B' Booky long time (Crowley 56). 1977 I ...
• long-time friends
  [cf. Cam. long-taym ancient CCD] n. friends of long standing; old friends: She tell me everything -- me and her is long-time friends (Nassau). (Gen.) ...
• Long Tom
  [cf. LONG 1 tall] n. a tree, Citharexylum fruticosm: 1920 (Britton 371). ...
• long years ago
  [cf. LONG 2; OED long years many years (rhetorical)] adv. phr. many years ago: Long Cay used to name Fortune Island long years ago (Crooked). ...
• look
  [Atlantic; OED idem obs. → 1560; Brit. dial. Mid. idem EDD] v.t. to look at; examine: 1918 She look the old woman head and caught ...
• looka
  [cf. OED look used to bespeak attention ... in modern colloq. use often look you (in representations of vulgar speech written look'ee); cf. US dial. ...
• loose
  v. 1. [Atlantic; OED idem cast loose nautical, unfasten dial.; also Scots EDD] to let loose: 1918 B'o' Boukee loosed him (Parsons 16). (Black) 2. [by ...
• loose stomach
  [cf. Sra. loesbere diarrhoea WST; cf. OED loose of the bowels: relaxed] n. diarrhea. cf. TIGHT BOWELS (Exuma, Eleu.) ...
• Lordy!
  [also US Black ESEA; OED, US ... also Lordy massy (i.e., Lord have mercy)] intj. an exclamation of pain (used especially by children). (Black) ...
• loss
  [Atlantic; cf. dial. loss lose in Brit. EDD, US South ADD] v. to lose: Not lossing the child's confidence (COB). (Black) ...
• loss his nature
  [Trin. idem (Winer p.c.); cf. NATURE sexual drive; cf. US dial. South take his nature to unsex an animal DARE] v. phr. to become impotent: ...
• lot
  [cf. OED lot upon to count on reckon upon obs. → 1662; now US dial. North ADD] v. to plan or expect: 1977  I lotted ...
• loud-mouth
  /lawd mawt/ [OED, adj. noisy obs. → 1668] adv. loudly: 1936 I run over t' de telefome box an' start ... tawkin loud mout  (Dupuch ...
• lousy
  [OED, mean, vile; Scots shabby CSD] adj. (of laughter) crude, malicious: a lousy laugh  (San. Sal.). (Black) ...
• love vine, love wine
  [Trin. idem (Winder p.c.); probably from its use in an infusion "against sex weakness" (Higgs 1978: 14), but cf. US dial. South "love-wine: a yellowish, ...
• loving bird
  n. the humming bird: 1918 Come a lovin' bird now, which you call hummin' bird (Parsons 112). = DOCTOR BIRD, GOD BIRD, HUMMER (San Sal.) ...
• low
  adj. 1. [cf. OED, abject, base] in the phrase you (stoopin') low to make known the good deeds done for another in order to humiliate him. cf. THROW LOWNESS ...
• lowance
  /láwans/ [OED idem, now dial.; the aphetic form of allowance] n. giving one's opponent another chance in playing marbles, ROUNDANCE, etc. (Gen.) ...
• low blood
  [by shortening] n. low blood pressure: Doctor say I have low blood (Nassau). cf. HIGH BLOOD (Gen.) ...
• low bush land
  [cf. BUSH] n. scrubland. cf. HIGH BUSH (Gen.) ...
• low 'fro
  [cf. LOW adj. 2; cf. US Black (A)fro a natural hair style ... long, wolly (Major)] n. a short Afro hairdo. (Black) ...
• lowness
  See THROW LOWNESS ...
• Lucaik Islands
  [probably from LUCAYA + -ic (cf. Icelandic) but cf. LUCAYONEQUE ] n., Obs. former name for the Bahamas: 1644 Lucaik Islands, so near one another, as ...
• Lucayan, Lucayon
  /luwkáyan/ [from Lucayan lukku-cairi island people (Craton 1962:18); cf. Arawakan lóko person, acáera island, cay (Taylor 1977:20 and p.c.)] n. the Lucayan Indians, an Arawakan-speaking people who inhabited ...
• Lucaya(s), Lucayo(es)
  [cf. LUCAYAN and current Sp. Islas Lucayas and Fr. Lucayes the Bahamas] n. Obs. 1. former name of the Bahamas: 1601 They dressed a ship to cross ...
• Lucayoneque, Lucaioneque
  [probably a blend of Lucayon and Sp. yucayeque (Indian) village by a 16th century Antillean Sp. shift from /l/ to /y/ (Álvarez Nazario 1977: 46, ...
• luck seed, lucky nut
  [cf. Trin. lucky nut (Winer p.c.), US Black lucky bean (Dillard 1977:126)] n. the seeds of a shrub, picked and kept for luck: 1920 luck ...
• luggages
  n. pl. pieces of luggage. cf. BAGGAGES (Exuma) ...
• luggy
  [ cf. Belize lógi sluggish (Dayley); cf. OED lugging idem, Scots luggie idem EDD] adj. gorged; lazy: I shouldn't have eaten that pie; now I feel luggy ...
• lulling time
  [cf. OED lull a brief period of intermission or quiescence in a storm; also fig.] n. a time without activity. (Nassau) ...
• lunch bus
  n. a van selling cakes, drinks, chicken, fish, etc. = FOOD WAGON (Nassau) ...
• Lutra
  (from Eleuthera by aphesis] n. or adj. (pertaining to) Eleuthera: Lútra style fish. (Black) ◊ The pronunciation /lúwtra/ is thought of as typical of other islanders by Eleutherans, who ...
• lye barrel
  [cf. LYE WATER] n. a barrel for ashes: 1976 A "lye barrel" was. . . water tight, half-filled with water. Into this barrel was thrown the ...
• lye water
  [cf. OED lye alkalized water, primarily that made by the lixiviation of vegeable ashes ... also water of lye (obs.)] n. 1. water from a LYE BARREL: 1977 ...