merchantable

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59226

merchantable Merchantable.goes to the Mediterranean, to Roman Catholic countries. .the merchant's large boat, or galloper, goes to the planter's fishing-room, to select the first "dry fish.". A culler usually goes in the boat, to select the mercantile fish. The culler makes three qualities of fish, --merchantable, madeira, and West Indian. The merchantable goes up the Mediterranean, to Roman Catholic countries; Halifax and the United States are markets for the madeira, and the inferior fish find sale in the West India Islands. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story July 1957 Used I Used I Used I Only part of this slip is used in the DNE I. I have typed the quote right after the source first and the larger quote second so as to preserve the context of the longer quote.