sunkers
sunker n The coasts [of Newfoundland, Labrador, etc.] are brutally hard. . . .They are of malignant grey rock that has flung its fragments into the sea with an insane abandon until, in many places these form an impenetrable _chevaux de frise_ to which the Newfoundland seamen, out of a perilous famil...
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1970
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56209 |
| Summary: | sunker n The coasts [of Newfoundland, Labrador, etc.] are brutally hard. . . .They are of malignant grey rock that has flung its fragments into the sea with an insane abandon until, in many places these form an impenetrable _chevaux de frise_ to which the Newfoundland seamen, out of a perilous familiarity, have given the prophetic name of "sunkers." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used sunken rock, SUNKEN ROCK; BREAKER; GROUNDER. |
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