_lungers_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55424

longer n [check]1. _Shavins_ - this is a small piece [PT]JW of wood about a foot long and 1/2 inches thick. On this stick bristles are cut with a knife. [image] [PT] [check]2. Yaffle- armful of wood. [PT] [check]3. _Spill_- also a armful of wood. 4. Chips- the small pieces of wood [PT] that come from a stick of wood when it is cut off. [check]5. _Clavin-up_ - to chop a piece of [PT] wood into half. [check]6. Blassy-boughs- boughs that have [PT] cut off a tree and have turned brown. [check]7. _Junk_- piece of wood about a foot [PT] long and 1/2 ft. or more in thickness. [PT] -also called _"sprig"_ [PT] [check]8. _Skivver_- small piece of wood in the shape of a "V". [PT]Used to put trout on. [check]9. _Splits_- junk of wood or board cut up into small pieces [PT] length wise. [check]10. _Starrigans_- small trees about [PT] 1 in. in diameter. [check]11. _prip-prop_-- wood found along the seashore, washed in [PT]/[PT] by the sea. [check]12._peelins_-fence made out of [PT] starrigans. [check]13. _pickets_- fence made out of [PT] narrow boards. [check]14. _droke_- cluster of trees. 15. mish- another word for marsh [check]16. _lungers_- these are sticks of [PT] [PT] wood used to make a flake. [check]17. _Pue_- to throw ships upon the [PT] wharf from the boat with a gaff. Yes JH 4/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not Used lunger, strouter, stouter, longer fence, pratt Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 07 Aug 2015, card is organized in two columns: 1-7 on the left, 8-17 on the right