dog-hood

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23154

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) 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 I and Sup Used I 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. Stamped but not used. Reverse side D_16860