| Summary: | spruce n .'twould be all done with buds,spruce buds. There was no such thing as cutch. That's the only _only thing that they knew of any _ any_ any chemical to preserve linnet an' rope was the spruce bark; an' the buds,of course,grows on spruce trees. (solution made by steeping spruce buds in boiling water. The"bark" which results is used to tan nets and rope etc.) Yes J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I spruce-beer, spruce-bird, spruce-game, spruce-partridge, spruce-tea, spruce bud, spruce longer, ~paddle/pole/top/bark/bread/yeast/mope,Spruce fir, black, scrub, white, red spruce. Source in DNE as T 141/67-652, partial citation
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