calf

calve v _Calf_, in the Arctic regions, a mass of floe ice breaking from under a floe, which when disengaged rises with violence to the surface of the water; it differs from a tongue, which is the same body kept fixed beneath the main floe. The iceberg is formed by the repeated freezing of thawed sno...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Arctic
Greenland
Iceberg*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17537
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/17537 2023-12-31T10:03:48+01:00 calf 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17537 eng eng C 1867 SMYTH Sailor's Word-book 153 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18643 C_18643_calve v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17537 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z calve v _Calf_, in the Arctic regions, a mass of floe ice breaking from under a floe, which when disengaged rises with violence to the surface of the water; it differs from a tongue, which is the same body kept fixed beneath the main floe. The iceberg is formed by the repeated freezing of thawed snow running down over the slopes, until at length the wave from beneath and weight above causes it to break off and fall into the sea, or,as termed in Greenland, to calve. Thus, berg, is fresh-water ice, the work of years. The floe is salt water frozewn suddenly each winter, and dissolving in the summer. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN AUG 1971 JH AUG 1971 AUG 1971 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 Jul 2016 Manuscript Arctic Greenland Iceberg* Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
calf
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description calve v _Calf_, in the Arctic regions, a mass of floe ice breaking from under a floe, which when disengaged rises with violence to the surface of the water; it differs from a tongue, which is the same body kept fixed beneath the main floe. The iceberg is formed by the repeated freezing of thawed snow running down over the slopes, until at length the wave from beneath and weight above causes it to break off and fall into the sea, or,as termed in Greenland, to calve. Thus, berg, is fresh-water ice, the work of years. The floe is salt water frozewn suddenly each winter, and dissolving in the summer. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN AUG 1971 JH AUG 1971 AUG 1971 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 Jul 2016
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title calf
title_short calf
title_full calf
title_fullStr calf
title_full_unstemmed calf
title_sort calf
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17537
genre Arctic
Greenland
Iceberg*
Newfoundland
genre_facet Arctic
Greenland
Iceberg*
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation C
1867 SMYTH Sailor's Word-book 153
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
18643
C_18643_calve v
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