breast nFishermen, in order to be able to anchor (come to) in the same (exact) area on the fishing ground from time to time, must use land-marks, sometimes called breast-marks. It could be spire of a church over a small island. [sic] the chimney of a house just open with the church spire or other object, etc.See cited quotation.DNE-cit JH 6/71Used I and SupUsed IUsed ISource appears in DNE I as C 68-2
body nThe part of a boat between the forehook and the afterhook midship bend.See cited quotation.DNE...
bawn n...all those rocks,small rocks about the size o' your fist an' (a) little larger an' (a) lit...
hatchet nPuffin - a large type of sculpin on the Southern Shore the word puffin was not used in this...
breast n53. breast-marks. Common usage. One of the two marks used to fix a position at sea - usu...
markAt the time when there were no fathometers in fishing boats and fishermen had to rely on cross-b...
breast n53. breast mark -(bress mark): The starting point markers u...
mark288 There were three main places out the bight to jig fish: the Inside Rock, Middle Rock and Out...
marked'grounds where the fish may be found; marked by older fishermen long ago; where the fishermen ...
land nUsed INot usedNot usedSee 'breast-marks' the land, Newfoundland, Newland, land nor stand, lan...
running vbl n53. breast-marks. Common usage. One of the two marks used to fix a positio...
bully1 nThe "Bully Boat" was the fishing craft in the early days, and at one time there were 10 su...
boat nThe 'boat collar' or 'collar' is a loop fashioned from varying sizes of rope and burlap whic...
flakeFlake Boughs were small Straight Sticks about 1 and 1 1/2 inches in the Butt with the limbs an...
breast nThe _bress liNe_ is known as the _SPaN-liNe_ in some other dialects. It is that rope whic...
offer athe distant fishing ledges.the distant fishing ledges.PRINTED ITEM G.M.StoryJune 1961Used I ...
body nThe part of a boat between the forehook and the afterhook midship bend.See cited quotation.DNE...
bawn n...all those rocks,small rocks about the size o' your fist an' (a) little larger an' (a) lit...
hatchet nPuffin - a large type of sculpin on the Southern Shore the word puffin was not used in this...
breast n53. breast-marks. Common usage. One of the two marks used to fix a position at sea - usu...
markAt the time when there were no fathometers in fishing boats and fishermen had to rely on cross-b...
breast n53. breast mark -(bress mark): The starting point markers u...
mark288 There were three main places out the bight to jig fish: the Inside Rock, Middle Rock and Out...
marked'grounds where the fish may be found; marked by older fishermen long ago; where the fishermen ...
land nUsed INot usedNot usedSee 'breast-marks' the land, Newfoundland, Newland, land nor stand, lan...
running vbl n53. breast-marks. Common usage. One of the two marks used to fix a positio...
bully1 nThe "Bully Boat" was the fishing craft in the early days, and at one time there were 10 su...
boat nThe 'boat collar' or 'collar' is a loop fashioned from varying sizes of rope and burlap whic...
flakeFlake Boughs were small Straight Sticks about 1 and 1 1/2 inches in the Butt with the limbs an...
breast nThe _bress liNe_ is known as the _SPaN-liNe_ in some other dialects. It is that rope whic...
offer athe distant fishing ledges.the distant fishing ledges.PRINTED ITEM G.M.StoryJune 1961Used I ...
body nThe part of a boat between the forehook and the afterhook midship bend.See cited quotation.DNE...
bawn n...all those rocks,small rocks about the size o' your fist an' (a) little larger an' (a) lit...
hatchet nPuffin - a large type of sculpin on the Southern Shore the word puffin was not used in this...