doucer

douser A "doucer" was a twelve or fourteen inch bolt of iron with four iron rings fastened through the bolt at three or four inch intervals. When four or five "doucers" were lowered overboard and pulled up and down by a line or were allowed to strike the ocean floor, they produce...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20841
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/20841 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 doucer 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20841 eng eng D 1971 CASEY Traditions and Neighbourhoods 63 Conche References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14482 D_14482_douser http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20841 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 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z douser A "doucer" was a twelve or fourteen inch bolt of iron with four iron rings fastened through the bolt at three or four inch intervals. When four or five "doucers" were lowered overboard and pulled up and down by a line or were allowed to strike the ocean floor, they produced a loud noise which drove the cod into the "bunt" or the loose bag of netting of the seine. The "bunt" could be closed and the seine with the catch taken on board by the aid of ropes known as "tuckin' lines". DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN OCT 1971 JH OCT 1971 Used I Used I Used I [see 'trouncer'] DOUSE v., DASHER, THRASHER, TROUNCER Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 26 Jul 2016 Manuscript 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
doucer
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description douser A "doucer" was a twelve or fourteen inch bolt of iron with four iron rings fastened through the bolt at three or four inch intervals. When four or five "doucers" were lowered overboard and pulled up and down by a line or were allowed to strike the ocean floor, they produced a loud noise which drove the cod into the "bunt" or the loose bag of netting of the seine. The "bunt" could be closed and the seine with the catch taken on board by the aid of ropes known as "tuckin' lines". DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN OCT 1971 JH OCT 1971 Used I Used I Used I [see 'trouncer'] DOUSE v., DASHER, THRASHER, TROUNCER Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 26 Jul 2016
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title doucer
title_short doucer
title_full doucer
title_fullStr doucer
title_full_unstemmed doucer
title_sort doucer
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20841
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
1971 CASEY Traditions and Neighbourhoods 63
Conche
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14482
D_14482_douser
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20841
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