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train 2 n Cod-liver oil was second only to stockfish as an important product of the Hanseatic league. The product was dark-colored and evil-smelling and was used not only by tanners but also in oil lamps. It was called "train oil," said to be a corruption of the term, "_tran_ oil,&quo...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/73469 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 train oil 1974/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73469 eng eng T 1972 JENSEN The Cod 57-58 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15006 T_15006_train 2 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73469 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 1974 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z train 2 n Cod-liver oil was second only to stockfish as an important product of the Hanseatic league. The product was dark-colored and evil-smelling and was used not only by tanners but also in oil lamps. It was called "train oil," said to be a corruption of the term, "_tran_ oil," from the Germanic word _tranen_ (tears). This was in reference to the "tears" of oil that dripped from the rotting livers. The train oil lamps were black iron trays with a wick hanging out of each corner; they gave/out only a pale light, smoked badly, and must have smelled abominably. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story DEC 1974 JH DEC 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used traine, trayne, train-oil, train bucket, train-fat, train house, train-oil lamp, train vat, oil house. cod oil, oil Duplicate card at T_15007. "tran" and "tranen" both have a trema above the "a". Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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train 2 n Cod-liver oil was second only to stockfish as an important product of the Hanseatic league. The product was dark-colored and evil-smelling and was used not only by tanners but also in oil lamps. It was called "train oil," said to be a corruption of the term, "_tran_ oil," from the Germanic word _tranen_ (tears). This was in reference to the "tears" of oil that dripped from the rotting livers. The train oil lamps were black iron trays with a wick hanging out of each corner; they gave/out only a pale light, smoked badly, and must have smelled abominably. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story DEC 1974 JH DEC 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used traine, trayne, train-oil, train bucket, train-fat, train house, train-oil lamp, train vat, oil house. cod oil, oil Duplicate card at T_15007. "tran" and "tranen" both have a trema above the "a". |
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T 1972 JENSEN The Cod 57-58 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15006 T_15006_train 2 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73469 |
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