ballase

ballast (v) 'To BALLASE' This word can mean to throw stones or rocks at a person. "He ballased the house." Schooners coming home without a cargo come in ballase. That is they loaded a large number of rocks in the hold to keep the ship steady at ase. These rocks were called "...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11487
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11487 2023-12-31T10:19:04+01:00 ballase 1971/05/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11487 eng eng B Leonard E. Williams, 66-18/160 Grand Bank References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 1860 B_1860_ballast (v) http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11487 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z ballast (v) 'To BALLASE' This word can mean to throw stones or rocks at a person. "He ballased the house." Schooners coming home without a cargo come in ballase. That is they loaded a large number of rocks in the hold to keep the ship steady at ase. These rocks were called "ballast." The word is quite common home. JH 5/71 Used I Used I Not used LP: Scanned and additional information added by Leslie Pierce on 3 September 2008. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
ballase
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ballast (v) 'To BALLASE' This word can mean to throw stones or rocks at a person. "He ballased the house." Schooners coming home without a cargo come in ballase. That is they loaded a large number of rocks in the hold to keep the ship steady at ase. These rocks were called "ballast." The word is quite common home. JH 5/71 Used I Used I Not used LP: Scanned and additional information added by Leslie Pierce on 3 September 2008.
format Manuscript
title ballase
title_short ballase
title_full ballase
title_fullStr ballase
title_full_unstemmed ballase
title_sort ballase
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11487
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
Leonard E. Williams, 66-18/160
Grand Bank
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
1860
B_1860_ballast (v)
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