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loom The sea contributes a number of effects of especial interest. Thus, mirage is of not infrequent occurence, and is said by the _Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot_ to be "characteristic of the few fine days of summer" off the Labrador coast. The fishermen call it "loom." It may...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/39847 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 loom 1970/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/39847 eng eng L 1902 DELABARRE Brown-Harvard Expedit. 131 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16090 L_16090_loom http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/39847 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z loom The sea contributes a number of effects of especial interest. Thus, mirage is of not infrequent occurence, and is said by the _Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot_ to be "characteristic of the few fine days of summer" off the Labrador coast. The fishermen call it "loom." It may be caused by distant low-lying mists, or by heated strata of air. The latter were sometimes clearly visible in certain directions over the water, distorting the horizion, or as a thin streak above the calm surface between us and some not far-off island. Schooners and icebergs frequently thus appeared doubled or tripled, in the latter case with the middle image inverted; and with the images sometimes overlapping or sometimes (over) [reverse] placed one high above the other. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'glim'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 17 May 2015, Reverse side of L_16089, stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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loom The sea contributes a number of effects of especial interest. Thus, mirage is of not infrequent occurence, and is said by the _Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot_ to be "characteristic of the few fine days of summer" off the Labrador coast. The fishermen call it "loom." It may be caused by distant low-lying mists, or by heated strata of air. The latter were sometimes clearly visible in certain directions over the water, distorting the horizion, or as a thin streak above the calm surface between us and some not far-off island. Schooners and icebergs frequently thus appeared doubled or tripled, in the latter case with the middle image inverted; and with the images sometimes overlapping or sometimes (over) [reverse] placed one high above the other. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'glim'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 17 May 2015, Reverse side of L_16089, stamped but not used |
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L 1902 DELABARRE Brown-Harvard Expedit. 131 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16090 L_16090_loom http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/39847 |
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