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overing vbl n Besides the ordinary methods of getting a ship through the ice of towing and tracking, there were two special ways of breaking it called "overing" and "milldolling." "Overing" consisted of the crew running in a body from one side of the ship to the other i...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/60115 2023-12-31T10:02:02+01:00 overing image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60115 eng eng O 1937 LUBBOCK Arctic Whalers 56 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13771 O_13771_overing vbl n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60115 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z overing vbl n Besides the ordinary methods of getting a ship through the ice of towing and tracking, there were two special ways of breaking it called "overing" and "milldolling." "Overing" consisted of the crew running in a body from one side of the ship to the other in order to give her a rolling movement and break the ice up round her . "Milldolling" was an even older method of breaking through ice. A boat, the oldest for preference, as it was not very good for it, was slung under the bowsprit by a tackle. This, if the ice was light enough, was rolled from side to side to break a way ahead of the ship, but often the ice was prehaps too thick for this method so the boat (over) was actually hoisted under the jib-bom and then dropped back on top of the ice so as to smash it up by its weight, a boy in the boat being sufficient then to give it a rolling motion and still further open up the lead. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit by G. M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I Used I Used I continued from previous card "O_13770_overing vbl n" Manuscript Arctic Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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overing vbl n Besides the ordinary methods of getting a ship through the ice of towing and tracking, there were two special ways of breaking it called "overing" and "milldolling." "Overing" consisted of the crew running in a body from one side of the ship to the other in order to give her a rolling movement and break the ice up round her . "Milldolling" was an even older method of breaking through ice. A boat, the oldest for preference, as it was not very good for it, was slung under the bowsprit by a tackle. This, if the ice was light enough, was rolled from side to side to break a way ahead of the ship, but often the ice was prehaps too thick for this method so the boat (over) was actually hoisted under the jib-bom and then dropped back on top of the ice so as to smash it up by its weight, a boy in the boat being sufficient then to give it a rolling motion and still further open up the lead. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit by G. M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I Used I Used I continued from previous card "O_13770_overing vbl n" |
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O 1937 LUBBOCK Arctic Whalers 56 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13771 O_13771_overing vbl n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60115 |
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