killick-claws

killick n The sealer's [sic] trimmed a large punt, and laid up all the flats and small boats for the winter; they also cut some killick-claws at the head of the sound. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1973 JH JAN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used cillick, kellick, killock, lose your killick, a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/39298
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Summary:killick n The sealer's [sic] trimmed a large punt, and laid up all the flats and small boats for the winter; they also cut some killick-claws at the head of the sound. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1973 JH JAN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 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 Wed 08 Jul 2015; Another quote from same source and page appears in DNE - see K_13124

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