trap master

trap 1 n . . . a long telescope, with a plain glass bottom - the fish glass - is pushed down into the room, through which the trap-master is peering to see how many finny prisoners there are. Now the door is pulled up, and now the floor is rising - rising - rising, being passed right over the boat,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77713
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Summary:trap 1 n . . . a long telescope, with a plain glass bottom - the fish glass - is pushed down into the room, through which the trap-master is peering to see how many finny prisoners there are. Now the door is pulled up, and now the floor is rising - rising - rising, being passed right over the boat, until all the frightened cap tives are huddled together in one seething mass near the surface. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I ~berth, boat, fisherman, skiff, cod trap, buoy, cod (fish), fish, crew, fishery, fishing, gear, glut, keg, cag, lead, leader, linnet, loft, twine loft, man, master, mooring, trap-net, season, skipper, system, time, vee, voyage