clavy

clavy n is used to denote a shelf over the matnelpiece. Wright, Dctionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, gives it as denoting the mantelpiece itself, and thus it is still used in architecture. Halliwell, Dictionary of Archisms, gives _clavel_, _clavy_, and _clavel piece_ with the same meaning,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1959
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14423 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 clavy 1959/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14423 eng eng C 1896 PATTERSON Dialect of Nfld 20 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14232 C_14232_clavy n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14423 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 1959 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z clavy n is used to denote a shelf over the matnelpiece. Wright, Dctionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, gives it as denoting the mantelpiece itself, and thus it is still used in architecture. Halliwell, Dictionary of Archisms, gives _clavel_, _clavy_, and _clavel piece_ with the same meaning, and _clavel tack_, which he supposes means the shelf over the mantelpiece, the same as the _clavy_ of the New- foundlanders. In French we have _claveau_, the centerpiece of an arch. [see 'cathole'] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1959 G.M. Story Used I Used I Used I clavel, cathole Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 14 Oct 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description clavy n is used to denote a shelf over the matnelpiece. Wright, Dctionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, gives it as denoting the mantelpiece itself, and thus it is still used in architecture. Halliwell, Dictionary of Archisms, gives _clavel_, _clavy_, and _clavel piece_ with the same meaning, and _clavel tack_, which he supposes means the shelf over the mantelpiece, the same as the _clavy_ of the New- foundlanders. In French we have _claveau_, the centerpiece of an arch. [see 'cathole'] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1959 G.M. Story Used I Used I Used I clavel, cathole Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 14 Oct 2015
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title_full clavy
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title_full_unstemmed clavy
title_sort clavy
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1896 PATTERSON Dialect of Nfld 20
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14232
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