ignivity

ignivity According to Mr. Murphy ( Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were l ater replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood kno...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37226
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/37226 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 ignivity 1973/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37226 eng eng I Gerald J. Barnable;345. Crawley's Island, Long Harbour, P.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13139 I_13139_ignivity http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37226 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z ignivity According to Mr. Murphy ( Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were l ater replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood known as ignivity) with three holes each, connected together by a length of "spun yarn" (rope). On the top the deadeye was attached to the shroud and on the bottom it was fastened to a flatiron. The flatiron was a piece of metal attached to the sides of the craft and the shroud was what we might call a guy wire, running from near the top of the sp ar to the lanyard (see diagram DNE-cit [see also diagram on back of 'lanyards'] JH FEB 1973 Not used Not used Not used Reverse side of card at I_13140 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
ignivity
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ignivity According to Mr. Murphy ( Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were l ater replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood known as ignivity) with three holes each, connected together by a length of "spun yarn" (rope). On the top the deadeye was attached to the shroud and on the bottom it was fastened to a flatiron. The flatiron was a piece of metal attached to the sides of the craft and the shroud was what we might call a guy wire, running from near the top of the sp ar to the lanyard (see diagram DNE-cit [see also diagram on back of 'lanyards'] JH FEB 1973 Not used Not used Not used Reverse side of card at I_13140
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title ignivity
title_short ignivity
title_full ignivity
title_fullStr ignivity
title_full_unstemmed ignivity
title_sort ignivity
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37226
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 I
Gerald J. Barnable;345.
Crawley's Island, Long Harbour, P.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13139
I_13139_ignivity
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