woods

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75130

wood(s) n, n pl . . . the term woods was used in a threefold sense: thus, a hat of woods meant a small, isolated patch of woods in a barren; a droke of woods meant a piece of woods, whether large or small, on the sides of two opposite hills, with a valley between them; but the term woods, when used alone, has no reference to situation or extent. PRINTED ITEM W. KIRWIN 10/78 JH 10/78 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used wood, woods, wood-cat, wood chick, wood gallows, wood path, woodpecker, wood pile, wood slide, woods path, woods racket, woods road, woods rope, woods town, woods work, woods worker 1866 added to source in pen