A ritual obeah dance performed naked around a fireside.

To clean the body with very little water and without the use of a shower or tub.

A practitioner of obeah or black arts.

To eat, especially to eat voraciously.

Second person plural pronoun; You plural.

Galvanised (zinc coated) sheets of metal used for fencing and roofing.

The black whiskered vireo. A small bird found in the West Indies and found as far south as Venezuela. The bird has dull olive-green upperparts and white underparts, with yellowish on the flanks and under the tail. It has red eyes and a grey-brown crown with faint dusky edges. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white eyebrow stripe. There is a distinctive black line (the “whisker”) on the neck sides. Juvenile birds are similar, but have brown-red eyes.

The black whiskered vireo. A small bird found in the West Indies and found as far south as Venezuela. The bird has dull olive-green upperparts and white underparts, with yellowish on the flanks and under the tail. It has red eyes and a grey-brown crown with faint dusky edges. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white eyebrow stripe. There is a distinctive black line (the “whisker”) on the neck sides. Juvenile birds are similar, but have brown-red eyes.

To vomit.

Repayment in kind. Tit for tat.

The vagina. The female sexual organ.

A practitioner of obeah or black arts.

To wish ill fortune on another.

To defeat an opponent in a sporting event or game so convincingly that they become out of breath.

Burnt rice or other food found at the bottom of the pot

To develop breasts (girls/women).

A dried coconut

To show off or put on airs

A tool used to tenderise conch.

To tenderise meat.