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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1792 quote.
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1633
. no person [shall] . . . worke any detriment or destruction . . . by Rynding. . . .
1792
Rinding. The action of taking the bark from the trees. In this part of the world [Labrador], one length only, of six feet, is taken off the lower part of the trunk of a tree. The chief use of rinds is, to cover the roofs of houses, and piles of fish.