twine

twine n As a great fishing country Newfoundland uses an enormous amount of lines and twines, netting, cor- dage, and cables; until quite recently all these articles were imported, principally from the West of England, latterly from New England. [Now ] instead of importing all our cordage from abroad...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73712
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Summary:twine n As a great fishing country Newfoundland uses an enormous amount of lines and twines, netting, cor- dage, and cables; until quite recently all these articles were imported, principally from the West of England, latterly from New England. [Now ] instead of importing all our cordage from abroad, the bulk of the lines, twines, nets, and cables used [are made in St John's at the Rope Walk]. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Oct 79 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I linnet, salmon, seal, twine captain, twine gurdy, twine throw, twine house, twine loft, twine mender, net n, ~-mender, twine needle, twine store.