Add to ORKGbawk"As lousy as a boulk" - Boulk: local name for a Newfoundland sea bird. Refers to people, animals. Used by men and old folklocal name for a Newfoundland sea bird.JH 4/70[-]boulk[-]Used I and SupUsed I and SupNot usedWord form 'boulk' has been crossed out at top left of card and replaced with 'bawk
baccalieu nCommon Puffin (see under razor- billed auk. Nfld.) also _hatchet-bill_, _hatchet-face...
boo n_beggar_. _Bull-bear_ is defined as: "A spectre, bogey; a scare-crow; a bugbear, or obj...
black aSooty Shearwater. _Puffinus_ _griseus_. Local Names: Black Bawk, Hagdown, Hag.See cited quo...
bawk"Bold as a baulk" - a baulk is a bird that is very bold. Common.a bird that is very bold. Common...
bawkGreater Shearwater: Bawk or Baulk (shearwaters gutted with caplin are reluctant or "balky" in ...
bawky[sick, or lazy--said of a horse] [see 'bockey'] 'staleky' etc.W. J. KIRWINNot usedNo...
bull nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survival...
whabby nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect surviva...
baccalieu n_Common Puffin_ (Mormon Arcticus, _Linn_.) ...well known on the eastern coast as the "Ba...
bawkGreater Shearwater. (Spelled also balk, and bawk; meaning unknown. Nfld.)Greater Shearwater.P...
galeLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survivals, a...
beachLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survivals...
slob nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survivals...
bawk"_balks_ are so thick you can walk on them." _Balks_ are small sea birds that only come arou...
spraw-foot nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect sur...
baccalieu nCommon Puffin (see under razor- billed auk. Nfld.) also _hatchet-bill_, _hatchet-face...
boo n_beggar_. _Bull-bear_ is defined as: "A spectre, bogey; a scare-crow; a bugbear, or obj...
black aSooty Shearwater. _Puffinus_ _griseus_. Local Names: Black Bawk, Hagdown, Hag.See cited quo...
bawk"Bold as a baulk" - a baulk is a bird that is very bold. Common.a bird that is very bold. Common...
bawkGreater Shearwater: Bawk or Baulk (shearwaters gutted with caplin are reluctant or "balky" in ...
bawky[sick, or lazy--said of a horse] [see 'bockey'] 'staleky' etc.W. J. KIRWINNot usedNo...
bull nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survival...
whabby nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect surviva...
baccalieu n_Common Puffin_ (Mormon Arcticus, _Linn_.) ...well known on the eastern coast as the "Ba...
bawkGreater Shearwater. (Spelled also balk, and bawk; meaning unknown. Nfld.)Greater Shearwater.P...
galeLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survivals, a...
beachLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survivals...
slob nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect survivals...
bawk"_balks_ are so thick you can walk on them." _Balks_ are small sea birds that only come arou...
spraw-foot nLocal names for birds give us not only many Newfoundland coinages, but also dialect sur...
baccalieu nCommon Puffin (see under razor- billed auk. Nfld.) also _hatchet-bill_, _hatchet-face...
boo n_beggar_. _Bull-bear_ is defined as: "A spectre, bogey; a scare-crow; a bugbear, or obj...
black aSooty Shearwater. _Puffinus_ _griseus_. Local Names: Black Bawk, Hagdown, Hag.See cited quo...