watch house

watch n There is usually a small _tilt_ called a _watch house_ by a capstan, in which a man sits and waits for a seal to enter the [seal] frame. When this occurs he raises the enter net and fires at the seal with a rifle. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit tilt? W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 3/70 Used I Used I 2 Used...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77623
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77623 2023-12-31T10:19:02+01:00 watch house 1970/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77623 eng eng W 1967 FIRESTONE Brothers & Rivals 103 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14295 W_14295_watch n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77623 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z watch n There is usually a small _tilt_ called a _watch house_ by a capstan, in which a man sits and waits for a seal to enter the [seal] frame. When this occurs he raises the enter net and fires at the seal with a rifle. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit tilt? W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 3/70 Used I Used I 2 Used I watches; watch crew; watch-buoy; watch-dog; watch-house; watch's flag Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
watch house
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description watch n There is usually a small _tilt_ called a _watch house_ by a capstan, in which a man sits and waits for a seal to enter the [seal] frame. When this occurs he raises the enter net and fires at the seal with a rifle. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit tilt? W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 3/70 Used I Used I 2 Used I watches; watch crew; watch-buoy; watch-dog; watch-house; watch's flag
format Manuscript
title watch house
title_short watch house
title_full watch house
title_fullStr watch house
title_full_unstemmed watch house
title_sort watch house
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77623
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
1967 FIRESTONE Brothers & Rivals 103
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14295
W_14295_watch n
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