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country n Cp DAE ~ 1 'part of Atlantic coast settled by English' obs
(1633-1693) for sense 1; DAE 4 'region remote from a town' (1841-) for sense 2;
for comb in sense 3: DC ~ tea 2 obs (1887).
1
Newfoundland; esp the thin line of coastal 'settlements'; LABRADOR (COAST);
SHORE1.
[1583] 1940 Gilbert's Voyages &
Enterprises ii, 402 [Hayes' narrative] Munday following, the General had his tent set
up, who being accompanied with his own followers, sommoned the marchants and masters,
both English and strangers to be prescnt at his taking possession of those Countries.
Before whom openly was read & interpreted unto the strangers his Commission: by
vertue whereof he tooke possession in the same barbour of S John, and 200 leagues every
way. 1620 WHITBOURNE 1 I shall not much neede to commend the wholesome temperature of
that Countrey, seeing the greatest part thereof lieth above 3 degrees neerer to the
South, then any part of England doth. 1775 CURTIS 64 The beginning of December the
Country is thinly inhabitanted and the time nearly fixt for the last Vessel departure in
which was to go my Relation. 1813 CARSON 7 The numbers of those opposing colonization are
rapidly decreasing... They principally reside in England, migrating to this country
during the summer months. 1900 Tribune Christmas No 3 Of Father Kyran Walsh we may
truly say that his name has been a household word all over the country. 1962 Nfld
Fisheries Conf 203 There's no more molasses coming in the country in tubs.
2 The uninhabited interior of Newfoundland and Labrador
beyond the thin line of coastal 'settlements.'
1623 WHITBOURNE
[sig. R 2] I ... did coast some ten miles into the Country, Westward from our Plantation
to make some discovery of the country and to kill a Deere. 1775 CURTIS 63 When the
Fishing Season was allmost over it was Proposed to me to make one of three to go in the
Country Shooting for the Family. 1819 PANL CS 1 J Peyton 28 May In April 1814 John
Morris a furrier of mine, came out from one of my Furrier's Tilts in the Country on
business to me, leaving in the Tilt his Provisions some Fur, and his Cloths. 1870 HOWLEY
MS Reminiscences 25 Spent all day examining both sides of the Cove and the country
inside. T 34-64
He'd go away in March. Take his bag on a anseery,
kind of a slide, and haul un through the country till they get to Carbonear to go on the
train. 1972 MURRAY 263 If [the men] were at home, they were mainly responsible for
getting the year's supply of firewood from the 'country.' 1979 TIZZARD 183 We travelled
quite a distance in the country and searched many a hill and valley, finally finding a
pine tree.
3 Attrib, comb country born: native-born
inhabitant(s) of Newfoundland; BUSH-BORN, NATIVE n.
1857 MOUNTAIN
3-5 This shore is inhabited by fishermen of the English and Irish race who have either
themselves come out to settle, or have been born in the country; these last are called
'Shumachs' or 'the country-born'. . the 'country-born,' and the non-residents.
country deer: Newfoundland caribou (Rangifer
tarandus); DEER.
[1766] 1971 BANKS 131 I Picked up the Horn of
one of the Country Deer Shed Probably on the Spot as they are remarkable for swimming
from the main to Islands sometimes to those that are far out at sea.
country man: (a) trapper or hunter; (b) person from another
'settlement' or 'outport.'
1968 MOWAT & DE VISSER 138 Most
outports held a few men who preferred the stark tundra to the rolling plains of ocean...
Leaving the settlements in October, accompanied by their dogs and laden with all the
supplies they could carry, they traversed the windswept sweep of the high barrens until
they came to the southward edge of the Big Woods... Here they would build tiny cabins
called tilts, and spend the winters trapping. They were seldom seen again until late
February... They were called 'the country-men.' 1971 NOSEWORTHY 187 ~ An outsider from a
small settlement.
country meat: see country deer.
1972 MOWAT 15 'Niver did see such a toime for caribou. I tell ye,
me son, they's thicker'n flies on a fish flake,and coming right down to the landwash to
pick away at the kelp. Oh, yiss bye, they's lots o' country meat on the go!'
country sled: sledge with wooden runners used to haul
firewood; SLIDE n (P 148-60).
country spruce: large spruce
tree cut in the interior.
1979 TIZZARD 85 My father sold it ...
for one hundred sticks of good country spruce.
country tea:
LABRADOR TEA (Ledum groenlandicum).
1908 HUBBARD 79 The
'country,' or 'Indian,' tea which grew in abundance was in blossom, and the air was
filled with fragrance.
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