Add to ORKGspell nThe person with the stools would usually go ahead [of the coffin] and he would stop at every turn, put down the stools and the bearers would place the corpse there to have a 'spill' [_spell_ = a rest] as they would call it.JH 7/72Used I and SupUsed INot usedspill, shoulder, back, load, turn
spell vThis was a process where they took all the firewood and threw it down over the hill as far ...
spell nThis saying is used very frequently in the St. John's area when a person is suggesting that ...
spell v. . . Pete had left one bag behind because he was physically unable to "spell" the two/on hi...
spell nAnd there might be so much as what we call a dozen spells. A spell would be a time when the...
spell nA time or while; a lot; a rest; to rest; to bring or carry. [see 'spell', etc.]PRINTED IT...
spell nA rest, taken during work or from carrying a load.A rest, taken during work or from carrying ...
spell v....an' you cut so much wood -- cut away until dinner time, an' then in the evenin' you w...
spell vto carry, e.g. 'Spell in a yaffle of crunnicks', i.e. bring in a load of wood.G. M. Story ...
spell nWell, by the time you had that finished I expect you would be all cowed out, an' you'd need...
spell nA rest. If you see a person working too hard you may say to him "Take a spell, boy".Used I a...
spell vTo spell [a turn of wood] along - means to carry it along eg. "I saw him spelling a turn of ...
spell nfrom Anglo-Saxon _spelian_, means, in old English, as a verb, to supply the place of another...
spell vTo take a rest, or to carry something in your arms or on your back.JH 1/73Used I and SupUsed...
spellThe period wherein one or more sailors are employed in particular duties demanding continuous ...
spell vIn Newfoundland .. it is used especially to denote carrying on the back or shoulders. 'He h...
spell vThis was a process where they took all the firewood and threw it down over the hill as far ...
spell nThis saying is used very frequently in the St. John's area when a person is suggesting that ...
spell v. . . Pete had left one bag behind because he was physically unable to "spell" the two/on hi...
spell nAnd there might be so much as what we call a dozen spells. A spell would be a time when the...
spell nA time or while; a lot; a rest; to rest; to bring or carry. [see 'spell', etc.]PRINTED IT...
spell nA rest, taken during work or from carrying a load.A rest, taken during work or from carrying ...
spell v....an' you cut so much wood -- cut away until dinner time, an' then in the evenin' you w...
spell vto carry, e.g. 'Spell in a yaffle of crunnicks', i.e. bring in a load of wood.G. M. Story ...
spell nWell, by the time you had that finished I expect you would be all cowed out, an' you'd need...
spell nA rest. If you see a person working too hard you may say to him "Take a spell, boy".Used I a...
spell vTo spell [a turn of wood] along - means to carry it along eg. "I saw him spelling a turn of ...
spell nfrom Anglo-Saxon _spelian_, means, in old English, as a verb, to supply the place of another...
spell vTo take a rest, or to carry something in your arms or on your back.JH 1/73Used I and SupUsed...
spellThe period wherein one or more sailors are employed in particular duties demanding continuous ...
spell vIn Newfoundland .. it is used especially to denote carrying on the back or shoulders. 'He h...
spell vThis was a process where they took all the firewood and threw it down over the hill as far ...
spell nThis saying is used very frequently in the St. John's area when a person is suggesting that ...
spell v. . . Pete had left one bag behind because he was physically unable to "spell" the two/on hi...