powder n: powder line

powder n Then.you'd roll [the logs] up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. Both the bottom and the top of the log had to be marked with a black line. In order to make the line black, we would put some gunpowder in a can with some...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/65232 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 powder n: powder line image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65232 eng eng P 1984 POWELL 22 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14222 P_14222_powder n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65232 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 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z powder n Then.you'd roll [the logs] up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. Both the bottom and the top of the log had to be marked with a black line. In order to make the line black, we would put some gunpowder in a can with some snow, then with birch bark the fire would melt the snow. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [DNE's relevant entries are at reddening n] [See Powell on scaffold, gallows] G. M. Story FEB. 15 1989 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup Used Sup Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
powder n: powder line
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description powder n Then.you'd roll [the logs] up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. Both the bottom and the top of the log had to be marked with a black line. In order to make the line black, we would put some gunpowder in a can with some snow, then with birch bark the fire would melt the snow. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [DNE's relevant entries are at reddening n] [See Powell on scaffold, gallows] G. M. Story FEB. 15 1989 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup Used Sup
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title powder n: powder line
title_short powder n: powder line
title_full powder n: powder line
title_fullStr powder n: powder line
title_full_unstemmed powder n: powder line
title_sort powder n: powder line
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation P
1984 POWELL 22
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14222
P_14222_powder n
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