yess n also iss English Dialect Dictionary easse : yes(se) ‘large earthworm’ …
Webster’s Third New Internationl Dictionary eaceworm. Earthworm.
1895 Journal of American Folklore viii, 34 Earthworms are termed yesses.
– Dictionary of Newfoundland English edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A. Widdowson.
ballicatter n, usu pl. Variants chronologically arranged: ballicadoes, ballacarda, ballicater, balacadas, batlicaders, belly-carders, ballicatters, ballycatters, belly-catter, batlycadders, ballacarters, ballycater, ballaclauters, ballacaters, ballacatters, ballacader
1 Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shore-line, making a fringe or band on the landward side.
2 A narrow band of ice formed in winter in the salt water along the foreshore or ‘landwash’; … ~ ICE; large slabs, chunks and fragments of this ice after break-up.
3 A floating ice-pan.
4 Frozen moisture around the nose and mouth.
– Dictionary of Newfoundland English edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A. Widdowson.
jackass A kind of heavy rough boat used in NEWFOUNDLAND. Also, U.S. Navy name for a HAWSE-bag, a canvas bag filled with OAKUM used to plug the HAWSE-HOLES to keep seawater out.
jackass rig Any rig of a sailing ship that substantially differs from the one normally associated with that type of ship.
– A Sea of Words : A Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O’Brian’s Seafaring Tales by Dean King with John B. Hattendorf and J. Worth Estes.
