steerings
stearin + ~ island v, 409 [Wilson's tern and arctic tern] are called 'steerings' by the settler --a name which their cry suggests. Some few small islands round the coasts of Newfoundland have been named 'Steering' Islands from the number of terns which breed on them, althoug...
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| Summary: | stearin + ~ island v, 409 [Wilson's tern and arctic tern] are called 'steerings' by the settler --a name which their cry suggests. Some few small islands round the coasts of Newfoundland have been named 'Steering' Islands from the number of terns which breed on them, although the name suggest a nautical derivation. Used I Used I Used I stearine, stearing, stearn, steerin(e), steering, stern Source listed in DNE as 1870 Can Naturalist v, 409 |
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