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killick n KILLICK. The larger fishing boats on the New- foundland coast (and perhaps on other British North American coasts) used till recently, and probably still use, both an ordinary iron anchor and what they called a " Killick." The latter had four arms or flukes formed by bolting toge...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38993 2023-12-31T10:19:34+01:00 killick n 1988/05/02 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38993 eng eng K 1914 _Mariner's Mirror_ iv, p. 87 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13234 K_13234_killick n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38993 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 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z killick n KILLICK. The larger fishing boats on the New- foundland coast (and perhaps on other British North American coasts) used till recently, and probably still use, both an ordinary iron anchor and what they called a " Killick." The latter had four arms or flukes formed by bolting together, usually with wooden pins, two curved pieces of stout wood, each of rectangular section tapering to almost a knife edge at the ends. These two pieces formed a cross on which was put a heavy elon- gated un-worked stone, kept in place by strong wooden rods secured to the flukes near the crown and bound together above the stone so as to secure it in place. The upper ends of the rods were worked into a ring or loop to which the cable could be attached.-C. A. G. B. [Admiral Sir Cyprian A.G. Bridge] iv, 87 Great control of language. K PRINTED ITEM SUP MAY 2 1988 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 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 Wed 22 Jul 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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killick n KILLICK. The larger fishing boats on the New- foundland coast (and perhaps on other British North American coasts) used till recently, and probably still use, both an ordinary iron anchor and what they called a " Killick." The latter had four arms or flukes formed by bolting together, usually with wooden pins, two curved pieces of stout wood, each of rectangular section tapering to almost a knife edge at the ends. These two pieces formed a cross on which was put a heavy elon- gated un-worked stone, kept in place by strong wooden rods secured to the flukes near the crown and bound together above the stone so as to secure it in place. The upper ends of the rods were worked into a ring or loop to which the cable could be attached.-C. A. G. B. [Admiral Sir Cyprian A.G. Bridge] iv, 87 Great control of language. K PRINTED ITEM SUP MAY 2 1988 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 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 Wed 22 Jul 2015 |
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K 1914 _Mariner's Mirror_ iv, p. 87 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13234 K_13234_killick n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38993 |
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