splitting knife

splitting vbl n You split them [the fish] open on a wooden table with a splitting knife - a curved, square-ended,exceedingly sharp instrument a little like a cobbling knife - taking out the guts and a large piece of bone with a single sweep, and push them off the table into a barrel or tub to be tak...

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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/47136
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Summary:splitting vbl n You split them [the fish] open on a wooden table with a splitting knife - a curved, square-ended,exceedingly sharp instrument a little like a cobbling knife - taking out the guts and a large piece of bone with a single sweep, and push them off the table into a barrel or tub to be taken to the salting shed. A good splitter can keep a steady flow of fish moving across his table, spending no more than four or five seconds on each. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I spilting, splitting cuff, CUFF�, ~ glove, ~ mitt, MITT, ~ pants, splitting knife, splitting stage, STAGE, splitting table, splitting tee, TEE, splitting tub, TUB citation is only partially used in the DNE