cheese

cheese _means_ the round loose deck of the wood that the screw-end takes on in a cask of dry fish when pressing the fish down. (This comes from the similar tool & usage in cider pressing in the West Country - see Baring-Gould's _Book of the West._ (Devon.) yes DNE-cit JH 12/69 Not used Not...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12686
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Summary:cheese _means_ the round loose deck of the wood that the screw-end takes on in a cask of dry fish when pressing the fish down. (This comes from the similar tool & usage in cider pressing in the West Country - see Baring-Gould's _Book of the West._ (Devon.) yes DNE-cit JH 12/69 Not used Not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 25 Apr 2015; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.

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