claw (n)

killick n claws Now my claws was made out o' birch, Newfoundland birch, which was called Newfoundland hardwood, an' the ship that _ that hooked me an' took me aboard didn't know what I was. (ie the claws of a killick) Yes DNE-cit July 9 1964 J. D. A. WIDDOWSON Used I and Sup Not...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38898
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Summary:killick n claws Now my claws was made out o' birch, Newfoundland birch, which was called Newfoundland hardwood, an' the ship that _ that hooked me an' took me aboard didn't know what I was. (ie the claws of a killick) Yes DNE-cit July 9 1964 J. D. A. WIDDOWSON Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used cillick, kellick, killock, lose your killick, and [you'll] find it in the fall, have a rock in one's killick, killick-claw, killick-rod, killick-stone, keel-log, kellock, keylock, GRANNY 2 Checked by Raji Sreeni on Tue 21 Jul 2015; Stamped but not used; Word form killick-claw appears in DNE I