floe

floe _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 forced up the repeated freezing of thawed snow ru...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Arctic
Iceberg*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27929
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/27929 2023-12-31T10:03:44+01:00 floe 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27929 eng eng F 1867 SMITH Sailor's Wordbook 153 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16758 F_16758_floe http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27929 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 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z floe _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 forced up 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 Croonsons, to calve. Thus, berg, is fresh-water ice, the work of years. The floe in salt water frozen suddenly each winter, and disolving in the summer. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN AUG 1971 JH AUG 1971 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'calf'] blurred type Manuscript Arctic Iceberg* Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)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
floe
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description floe _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 forced up 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 Croonsons, to calve. Thus, berg, is fresh-water ice, the work of years. The floe in salt water frozen suddenly each winter, and disolving in the summer. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN AUG 1971 JH AUG 1971 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'calf'] blurred type
format Manuscript
title floe
title_short floe
title_full floe
title_fullStr floe
title_full_unstemmed floe
title_sort floe
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27929
genre Arctic
Iceberg*
Newfoundland
genre_facet Arctic
Iceberg*
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation F
1867 SMITH Sailor's Wordbook 153
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16758
F_16758_floe
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27929
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