thwart
tawt n A dory _thwart_ (pronounced tought) was the name given to a seat in a dory, and the rope used to tie up the dory on shore was called a dory painter. My informant added, with some degree of scorn, "It would be useless to use those words to my boys as they wouldn't know what I meant.&...
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74264 |
| Summary: | tawt n A dory _thwart_ (pronounced tought) was the name given to a seat in a dory, and the rope used to tie up the dory on shore was called a dory painter. My informant added, with some degree of scorn, "It would be useless to use those words to my boys as they wouldn't know what I meant." Yes DICT CEN. JW Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used taut, thawt, thort, thwart NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY |
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