cleaver
splitter n. The hoopmaker's trade was one of great skill.the froe, sometimes called the splitter or cleaver, used to split the sapling lengthwise, was often a bit of hard wood with a bevelled edge covered with tin from an old tin can. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M.Story AUG. 1 1989 [check] WK Used I...
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| Language: | English |
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1989
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13767 |
| Summary: | splitter n. The hoopmaker's trade was one of great skill.the froe, sometimes called the splitter or cleaver, used to split the sapling lengthwise, was often a bit of hard wood with a bevelled edge covered with tin from an old tin can. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M.Story AUG. 1 1989 [check] WK Used I and Sup not used 2 Used Sup splitter's mitt Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 16 Oct 2015; Citation under head word splitter n, not cleaver n |
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