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- rally
- ram's horn
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- ranch
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- rantamskeet
- rap (1)
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- rap someone up
- raper
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- raspberry
- rassle
- rat root
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- rat-bat
- rat-bat tree
- rat-nanny tree
- rather
- rattles
- raw-bone, raw-born
- reach (1)
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- receiver
- red
- red banana
- red bay
- red bead vine
- red bill
- red cassava
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- red coney
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- red head
- red hog
- red land
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- red peas
- red seaside bean
- red shank (1)
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- red skin
- red Spaniard
- red stopper
- red wasp
- red wood
- red-eye Suzy
- red-fin needlefish
- red-seal coot
- red-spotted hawkfish
- reduck
- reef conch
- reef eel
- reef shark
- refuge, refew
- relax yourself, relax your mind, relax off
- relaxing swing
- Religion
- relish
- remedial
- remind
- representer
- resin leaf
- rest down
- rest your mouth
- rev
- rheumatics
- rhyme (1)
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- rhymer
- rhyming spiritual
- rice
- rice bellow, rice bullo
- rice bird
- ride (1)
- ride (2)
- riffle
- rig
- rig-up
- right
- right here
- right name
- right so
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- rim-tim-tim
- rime
- ring around
- ring dance
- ring play
- ring-toe
- ripe
- rise bread
- rise up
- roach
- roach berry
- roachy
- road
- road-talk
- roast
- roasting ears
- rob somebody out of something
- robe
- robin
- robin read breast
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- rock balsam
- rock bush
- rock oven
- rock snake
- rock spot fish
- rock-hole
- rockers
- rockstone
- rod-wood
- roller
- rong bush
- room
- rooster
- rooster comb
- root (1)
- root (2)
- root doctor
- rope plait
- rose
- rose apple
- rosy mango
- rotten
- rotten away
- rotten off
- rotten out
- rough cocobey
- rough sour
- rough-bark pigeon plum
- rounce
- round dance
- round-the-world
- roundance
- rounds
- roving
- roving sailor
- row
- row oars
- row up
- rowdy
- rowlocks
- rub
- rub toe
- rubber gun
- rubber vine
- rubbige
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- rubbish
- rude
- rudeness
- rule
- rum boy
- run
- run(ny) mouth
- run-over days
- run-through
- running
- runny-belly
- rush
- rush
- rush scrap
- ryspree
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ride (1)
v. 1. [Trin. idem (Winer); cf. Gul. "Ole hag ...rides yuh", i.e. Witches "ride people asleep and cause horrible dreams as they sit on the chest of those they smother or choke" (Writers' Program 1940:47); cf. OED ride of the nightmare, witches, etc.: to sit upon a person; to oppress or harass; cf. also OED hag-ridden afflicted by a nightmare; oppressed in mind; possibly converging with an African metaphor: cf. Haitian "chevauché ridden like a horse; in voodoo it means 'mounted by a god" (New York Times, 12/2/79); cf. Reunion Cr. Fr. léspri la mõt si:r I: (lit, the spirit mounts him) (Chaudenson 1974:146)] (of spirits) to haunt, harass. (Black)
2. [cf. Brit. dial. South ride to rise upon the stomach (of food) EDD] (of food) to cause indigestion: The food is riding you (Eleu.). cf. HAUNT V. 2, LAY ON YOUR CHEST (Gen.)
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Last update: 2012-12-02 05:56
Author: Holm and Shilling, DBE, 1982
Revision: 1.1
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