barber

barber A term used in the Atlantic Provinces as well as in the Eastern Arctic is _barber_, generally derived from _barber_ v., shave. Definitions might be grouped as: 1. A cold vapour or mist, sometimes containing tiny ice particles, rising from the sea or through broken ice. 2. Any cold, biting vap...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Arctic
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11633
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11633 2023-12-31T10:03:44+01:00 barber 1972/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11633 eng eng B 1972 CRATE Suggested Origins (unpub.) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 2326 B_2326_barber http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11633 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z barber A term used in the Atlantic Provinces as well as in the Eastern Arctic is _barber_, generally derived from _barber_ v., shave. Definitions might be grouped as: 1. A cold vapour or mist, sometimes containing tiny ice particles, rising from the sea or through broken ice. 2. Any cold, biting vapour or wind. 3. _esp. Lab._ An extremely sharp, cold, biting wind. 4. _esp. Nfld._ "Thick" weather with hoarfrost. I suggest the origin of _barber_ (as above) is to be found in Portuguese _barbeiro,_ a sharp, cutting wind, influenced in/form and meaning by Irish _barber_, obs. Gael. _barba_, fierceness, severity, storminess, sharpness (<L. _barbarus_, wild, cruel < Greek). W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 & 2 Not used Manuscript Arctic Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
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
barber
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description barber A term used in the Atlantic Provinces as well as in the Eastern Arctic is _barber_, generally derived from _barber_ v., shave. Definitions might be grouped as: 1. A cold vapour or mist, sometimes containing tiny ice particles, rising from the sea or through broken ice. 2. Any cold, biting vapour or wind. 3. _esp. Lab._ An extremely sharp, cold, biting wind. 4. _esp. Nfld._ "Thick" weather with hoarfrost. I suggest the origin of _barber_ (as above) is to be found in Portuguese _barbeiro,_ a sharp, cutting wind, influenced in/form and meaning by Irish _barber_, obs. Gael. _barba_, fierceness, severity, storminess, sharpness (<L. _barbarus_, wild, cruel < Greek). W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 & 2 Not used
format Manuscript
title barber
title_short barber
title_full barber
title_fullStr barber
title_full_unstemmed barber
title_sort barber
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11633
genre Arctic
Newfoundland
genre_facet Arctic
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
1972 CRATE Suggested Origins (unpub.)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
2326
B_2326_barber
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11633
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