jack [boat]

jack1 n The fisherman's sail-boat is a ponderous, clumsy affair called a "jack." It is twenty-five or thirty feet long, with not much breadth of beam, rudely built, with short masts, and small sails stained red or black, or with both colors; the oars are of spruce, and very large and...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38441
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Summary:jack1 n The fisherman's sail-boat is a ponderous, clumsy affair called a "jack." It is twenty-five or thirty feet long, with not much breadth of beam, rudely built, with short masts, and small sails stained red or black, or with both colors; the oars are of spruce, and very large and heavy, and the stern of the boat is provided with two stakes, such as whalemen use for sculling. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J. KIRWIN JAN 19 1969 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I jack-blunt, jack's alive, jack-boat, BULLY1, jack-easy, jack curlew, CURLEW, jack fisherman, jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, jack root, BLOOD ROOT Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 26 Jun 2015