scunner nThey are divided into three watches, each of which is in charge of a master watch and one assistant, termed a "scunner," evidently a corruption of the old English word "conner." One of the "scunners" is always kept in the foretop, from which vantage point he directs the course of the ship...through the ice.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story January 1961Used I and SupUsed I and SupNot usedscun 1, barrel-manCard marked DNE-cit, but not used
scun 1 vTo scun a sealing steamer is to direct her course by observation from the crow's nest or b...
scunner nThe scunner in the foretop was near blinded by the driven snow.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG. M....
scunner nWe found that Stephen was at the wheel, / And Jimmie was the scunner; / That we still l...
scunner nThe masters of watches are also called "scunners" - they go up night and day in the foreb...
scunner n. . . each barrel will hold its occupant - that on the mainmast being/ principally concern...
scun 1 vused in the peculiar sense of guiding a vessel through the ice on a sealing voyage. It is ...
scunner nThe other subordinate officers [on a sealing vessel] included the..'scunner,' who from th...
scunner nAft was a storeroom where slept the after cooks and storekeeper; also the hellhole that bu...
barrel n[scun means] the directions given to the man at the wheel from the "barrel" or crow's ne...
scunner n"The Old Ship's Medicine Chest": The scunner's hoarsely shouting to the man up at the whee...
scun 1 v. . . characteristic Newfoundland occupations furnish a rich field of investigation. From ...
scun 1 vTo direct ship's course from aloft.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story April 1962Used I and SupU...
scun 1 vScun--To be on watch for ice which would endanger boat--"scunner" is the noun.PRINTED ITEM...
scunning 1 vbl nMeans the guiding of the ship, from the Barrel, through the great Ice-fields and pa...
scunner nPRINTED ITEM SUPSee scun v FEB 20 1988G. M. Story WKUsed I and SupUsed I and SupNot used...
scun 1 vTo scun a sealing steamer is to direct her course by observation from the crow's nest or b...
scunner nThe scunner in the foretop was near blinded by the driven snow.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG. M....
scunner nWe found that Stephen was at the wheel, / And Jimmie was the scunner; / That we still l...
scunner nThe masters of watches are also called "scunners" - they go up night and day in the foreb...
scunner n. . . each barrel will hold its occupant - that on the mainmast being/ principally concern...
scun 1 vused in the peculiar sense of guiding a vessel through the ice on a sealing voyage. It is ...
scunner nThe other subordinate officers [on a sealing vessel] included the..'scunner,' who from th...
scunner nAft was a storeroom where slept the after cooks and storekeeper; also the hellhole that bu...
barrel n[scun means] the directions given to the man at the wheel from the "barrel" or crow's ne...
scunner n"The Old Ship's Medicine Chest": The scunner's hoarsely shouting to the man up at the whee...
scun 1 v. . . characteristic Newfoundland occupations furnish a rich field of investigation. From ...
scun 1 vTo direct ship's course from aloft.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story April 1962Used I and SupU...
scun 1 vScun--To be on watch for ice which would endanger boat--"scunner" is the noun.PRINTED ITEM...
scunning 1 vbl nMeans the guiding of the ship, from the Barrel, through the great Ice-fields and pa...
scunner nPRINTED ITEM SUPSee scun v FEB 20 1988G. M. Story WKUsed I and SupUsed I and SupNot used...
scun 1 vTo scun a sealing steamer is to direct her course by observation from the crow's nest or b...
scunner nThe scunner in the foretop was near blinded by the driven snow.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG. M....
scunner nWe found that Stephen was at the wheel, / And Jimmie was the scunner; / That we still l...