tar

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38527

jar2 n The seals upon this coast are of many species, they are classes and distinguished by names only to be found in the Newfoundland nomenclature, and only understood by the Newfoundland naturalists. _Tars_, _Doaters_, _Gunswails_, and many others, breed upon the rocks in the summer season, and may be called natives. tar=_jar_ GMS Sept 79 Used I and Sup Not Used 2 Not Used jar-seal, DOUBLE JAR, ~ skin Checked by Adrian Young on Fri 05 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 29 Jul 2015