ice chocks

ice n These are queer-looking craft to the unaccustomed eye, these steam sealers of about 300 to 400 tons burden, with their outside thick sheathing of hard wood, called "ice chocks," and their huge double stems, filled between with from nine to twelve feet of solid oak, built for charging...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37169
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Summary:ice n These are queer-looking craft to the unaccustomed eye, these steam sealers of about 300 to 400 tons burden, with their outside thick sheathing of hard wood, called "ice chocks," and their huge double stems, filled between with from nine to twelve feet of solid oak, built for charging through floe ice. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I ~ bird/candle/-chock/clamper/master/pan/pilot/pole/saw/blind(ness)/-block/-boat/-skiff/-cat/-claw/clumper/-fishing/-gall/gaze/-glim/-loom/-grip/-hunter/-hunting/-island/-jam/-line/captain/-line/-loom/-glim/-master/-pan/-partridge/-party/-pilot/pinnacle/