GLOSSARY 379 



Spubshores. Very long shores, to support the wall-plate of the roof 

 of a codstage. 



Squid. The inkfish. [Ommastrcphcs illeccbrosus; of the cuttle-fish 

 family.] 



Swing a net. A net is said to be at swing, when one end only of it 

 is made fast. 



Ste.\dy in a River. A part where the bed widens, inclining to a pond, 

 and there is no perceptible stream. 



Stint. The dam made by beavers across a stream, to raise the water 

 to a height convenient for their purpose. 



Stock of TiMbtK. A piece of timber, intended to be sawed. 



Stopper - net. A large net for catching seals, which is made to fit 

 the place in which it is fixed; the foot Ues upon the ground, and the head 

 floats on the surface of the water, by means of buoys. The farther end is 

 made fast to an island (where there is one) or to the head-rope of a long 

 net which is moored parallel to the shore, and the near end is raised or 

 lowered at pleasure, by means of capstans. Several of these nets being 

 placed at certain distances from each other, form so many pounds. 



Stouter. Verj' strong shores, wliich are placed round the head of a 

 stage or wharf, to prevent them from being damaged by ships or boats. 



Stranger. A water-fowl of the duck kind.' 



Tail a Trap. To fix it properly for catching an animal. 



Thwart up a Boat. To move a boat out of the reach of the tide, by 

 the assistance of leavers, or bodily strength, when she is laid broadside 

 to the shore. 



Tickle. A passage between the continent and an island, or between 

 two islands, when it is of no great width. 



Tinker. A sea fowl, " Razorbill." Pennant. [Razor-billed auk, 

 .4/ra tor da.] 



Tilt. A small hut. 



Tilt - back. A Back-tilt is a shed made of boughs, resembUng the 

 section of a roof; the back part is placed towards the wind, and a fire is 

 generally made in front. 



Tom - COD. Young codfish. [This term is used loosely of several 



'The name stranrf^r for a water l)ird is not used, as far as I can discover, on tlio 

 Lalirador coast at the present day, nor have 1 found the name ainonp; the vernacu- 

 lar names of water liirds in use during CartwriRht's day in Kn(;land. Selby in his 

 Illustrations of British <^)rnitllolo^'y, lH.t;t, Vol. II, ]>. 420, p;iv<'« the name utrniuj as one 

 of the provincial names for the foolish jjnillemot, andMont:i(;"<', in his" Ornithologi- 

 cal dictionary of British Birds," in 17:il,Jnd edit., p. W>, also K'ves this word,s])elt 

 ttranfy, tor the same hird. It la perhaps not too far fetched to think that Cart- 

 wright refern to the same hird under tht- name of utroit'irv, especially as it is 

 common on the I^brador roast. The common or foolish puillemot or ninrro, Uria 

 1roilf,&n(\t\\P: very similar Hruniih's murre, I'rht hmtrin, hoth occurrod therein 

 enormous numJ)ers in Cnrtwriu'ht's <lay, and he does not refer to these l)ir<ls on the 

 coaflt unless under the name of stranger. 



