| Slang |
Meaning |
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| Adikey |
Eskimo hooded outer garment or blouse made of cloth or animal skin. |
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| Angishore |
a weak miserable person. |
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| Apsy |
Thick with aspen trees; in place-names. |
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| Back-load |
An exceptionally large amount. |
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| Ballicatter |
Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shore-line, making a fringe or band on the landward side; a floating pan of ice; frozen moisture around the nose and mouth. |
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| Banker |
A vessel engaged in cod-fishing on the Newfoundland offshore grounds, especially the Grand Banks. |
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| Bark |
To immerse a fish-net or sail in the liquid formed by boiling the bark and buds of a conifer (used as a preservative). |
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| Barvel |
Leather, canvas or oil-skin apron reaching from the breast to the knees, worn when catching fish or processing the catch ashore; a home-made domestic apron. |
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| Batty |
A sum of money; a boat-load of fish. |
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| Beater |
A harp seal just past the white-coat stage and migrating north from the breeding grounds on the ice floes off Newfoundland. |
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| Bedlamer |
An immature seal, especially a harp seal, approaching breeding age. (Also, a youth approaching manhood.) |
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| Berry Ocky |
Home-made drink of wild berries, especially partridgeberries, jam and water. |
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| Berth |
A place as seal-hunter on a vessel with a share in the profits of the voyage. |
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| Bitting Stick |
Piece of wood used to tighten rope holding a load of wood in place on a sled (used like a tourniquet). |
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| Black-burn |
Amount carried on shoulders, especially a load of wood. |
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