seal meadows

seal n .the steamer has surmounted all obstacles, and is at length approaching the "seal-meadows." Suddenly, the welcome whimpering of the young harps is heard. No sooner is this sound heard, than the vessel is "laid to," and all hands are out at once on the ice, if sufficiently...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46557
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Summary:seal n .the steamer has surmounted all obstacles, and is at length approaching the "seal-meadows." Suddenly, the welcome whimpering of the young harps is heard. No sooner is this sound heard, than the vessel is "laid to," and all hands are out at once on the ice, if sufficiently solid, or in punts, if the ice is broken and in floating "pans." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J.KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 [~shot, ~skin, ~skinner, ~soap, ~twine, ~vat, vat, ~bird, ~penis, cock, ~worm, cod worm] squid finger, water pup, ~fish, ~fisher, ~fishery, ~hunt, ~fishing, ~gun, ~ing gun, ~hand, ~head, ~-head cod, snub1, ~hole, blow hole, bobbing~ , ~hunter, sealer1, ~hunting, ~killer, fish killer, ~meadow, ~man, ~net, ~oil, ~pan, ~pass, ~patch, ~pelt Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I sile, soil, swale, swile, swoil(e), bay, harbour, harp, hood, old, square filpper, square a, young, bedlamer, dotard, ragged-jacket, saddleback, turner, white-coat, pelt n, sculp n, ~bait, ~bat, bat, ~cat, ~catcher, ~dart, dart n, dog1, ~fat, ~finger The source is listed as 1873 Maritime Mo i, 257.Not all collocations fit in field.