10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALLICATTER»
Discover the use of
ballicatter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ballicatter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Newfoundland English
4 Frozen moisture around the nose and mouth; cp BALLICATTER v. 18967-4
Folklore ix, 36 Ballacarda— ice about the face. ballicatter v also ballicader [bak'
kataj] See BALLICATTER n. To cover with a layer of ice. [c!900] 1978 RLS 8 ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
2
Quantitative Ecology: Measurement, Models and Scaling
The Dictionary of Newfoundland English (Story et al., 1982) distinguishes several
forms of snowfall (dwy, scad, snowing by the reeves), even more forms of ice
forming on objects (glitter, silver thaw, ballicatter, black ice), and yet more forms
of ...
3
Weird Canadian Words: How to Speak Canadian
Anorak, butter tart, ballicatter, kayak, stubby, toonie--these are familiar Canadian words.
4
Labrador Memoir of Dr Harry Paddon, 1912-1938
When we came to brooks, there was no means of either fording or bridging them.
They must be followed to their mouths, where there was either shoal water or a
bridge of ballicatter ice. Then we must needs follow the other bank back to a point
...
Harry Paddon, Ronald Rompkey, 2003
5
Fascinating Canada: A Book of Questions and Answers
A Book of Questions and Answers John Robert Colombo. Albertosaurus
anglophone atigi ballicatter bedlamer brewis canol caribou cheechako coulee
dépanneur frazil garburator hackmatack hoser Inuktitut kokanee labradorite
mucky-muck ...
John Robert Colombo, 2011
6
The Grandiloquent Dictionary - Tenth Anniversary Edition
... often ornamental baldric - A belt worn over the shoulder and chest used to hold
a sword ballicatter - The ice that forms around shores and docks from the cold
ocean spray ballistophobia - A fear of being shot, or of guns and missles
balnearii ...
7
World Englishes Volumes I-III Set: Volume I: The British ...
Regional meanings are abundant in Newfoundland, as might be expected, with
fish for cod, ballicatter for the icy fringe on a shoreline, fiddler for someone who
plays the accordion, horse'sfart for a puffball, and dozens more, all beautifully ...
Tometro Hopkins, Kendall Decker, John McKenny, 2012
“Look at all that ballicatter!” Enoch pointed to the glittering frozen spray that had
gathered on the shoreline. “We'll soon be iced in,” Ken said. “Once the ice is safe,
well cross over and visit,” Margaret said to Ruby. Ruby hugged Margaret and ...
9
On sloping ground: reminiscences of outport life in Notre ...
The word barricader , originally barricado , which is often found in the plural form,
has many variants in Newfoundland pronunciation, including battycatter ,
barrycatter, battycarters , ballicatter, ballicader, belly- catter, ballicarter, etc.
Aubrey M. Tizzard, John David Allison Widdowson, 1979
Newfoundland Ballicatter times FROM OUR CANADA CORRESPONDENT
TNTERNATIONAL law, stormed John Acrosbie, Canada's fisheries minister, is "a
gigantic ass." Yet the news for Newfoundland's fishermen is mildly good. Some
50 ...
