| Summary: | labrador n The coast of Labrador, although discovered by Cabot, was very little known until the latter end of the last century, when the progressive increase of the Newfoundland fisheries induced by the British government to extend them to this coast, by annexing it to the government of that island, in the year 1763. PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 79 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used laborador, labradore, larbadore, coast of ~, (down) on (the) ~, Canadian-Labrador, ~ curlew/coast/deer-mouse/duck/flying squirrel/herring/horned owl/jay/jumping mouse/martin/muskrat/polar bear/porqupine/red fox/sable/savannah sparrow/seal/shrew/vole/ Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 29 Jun 2015; northern fishery, floater 2, herring, indian, Montagnais,Naskapi, livyer, labradorman, planter, room, floater, station, stationer, larberdore, merchantable, Newfoundland dialect
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