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dog1 n A fight with an old "dog-hood" seal is. . .by no means unattended with danger. These dog-hoods are very fierce and savage, and sometimes require half a dozen men to despatch them, when their fury is thoroughly aroused, and the great hood that protects their head is inflated./ p. 262...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/21334 2023-12-31T10:19:34+01:00 dog-hood 1970/09/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21334 eng eng D 1873 HARVEY Seal Hunters 259 and 262 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16860 D_16860_dog1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21334 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z dog1 n A fight with an old "dog-hood" seal is. . .by no means unattended with danger. These dog-hoods are very fierce and savage, and sometimes require half a dozen men to despatch them, when their fury is thoroughly aroused, and the great hood that protects their head is inflated./ p. 262 - The male [hood-seal] called the dog-hood, is distinguished from the female by a singular hood or bag of soft flesh on his nose. When attacked or alarmed, he inflates his hood so as to cover the face and eyes, and it is strong enough to resist seal shot. It is impossible to kill one of these creatures even with a sealing gun, so long as his head or his tail is towards you, and the only way is by shooting him on the side of the head, and (over) [reverse] a little behind it, so as to strike him in the neck and the base of the skull. W.J.KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM Used 1 and Sup Used 1 1 Not used dog bear, ~ harp, HARP, ~ hood, HOOD, cp BITCH, dog cat, CAT(AMARAN), ~ killer, ~ slide, SLIDE n, go dog for, out dogs and in dieters, DIETER, dog hold, dog pup, WATER PUP, ~ WHELP Checked by Nicole Collins on Fri 16 Oct 2015. First side D_13885 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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dog1 n A fight with an old "dog-hood" seal is. . .by no means unattended with danger. These dog-hoods are very fierce and savage, and sometimes require half a dozen men to despatch them, when their fury is thoroughly aroused, and the great hood that protects their head is inflated./ p. 262 - The male [hood-seal] called the dog-hood, is distinguished from the female by a singular hood or bag of soft flesh on his nose. When attacked or alarmed, he inflates his hood so as to cover the face and eyes, and it is strong enough to resist seal shot. It is impossible to kill one of these creatures even with a sealing gun, so long as his head or his tail is towards you, and the only way is by shooting him on the side of the head, and (over) [reverse] a little behind it, so as to strike him in the neck and the base of the skull. W.J.KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM Used 1 and Sup Used 1 1 Not used dog bear, ~ harp, HARP, ~ hood, HOOD, cp BITCH, dog cat, CAT(AMARAN), ~ killer, ~ slide, SLIDE n, go dog for, out dogs and in dieters, DIETER, dog hold, dog pup, WATER PUP, ~ WHELP Checked by Nicole Collins on Fri 16 Oct 2015. First side D_13885 |
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D 1873 HARVEY Seal Hunters 259 and 262 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16860 D_16860_dog1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21334 |
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