canaster

(ˈkænəstə)

coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves

[C19: (meaning: rush basket in which tobacco was packed): from Spanish canastro; see canister]

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One list can be found in Cartwright's "Additions to the Labrador Companion," a manuscript never published and now lost, under the heading "Goods for the Eskimeau Trade." Here are itemized, among other things, "Guns with barrel 2 ft 8 in: 4 1/2 lb weight, bore balls, pointed barrels, Patent locks & price from 5 to 5 1/2 Guineas; Canaster Powder; Patent shot; Turn-screws, vices etc.

"So fond of the pleasure to shoot": the sale of firearms to Inuit on Labrador's north coast in the late eighteenth century

And when it has feasted the master, 'Twill amply suffice for the maid: Meanwhile I will smoke my canaster, And tipple my ale in the shade.

Horace and the construction of the English Victorian gentleman

Galictis vittata canaster Nelson 1901: El grison es un animal aparentemente escaso en la region.

Diversidad, historia natural y conservacion de los mamiferos de San Vito de Coto Brus, Costa Rica

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