scun(n)

[var. of scan]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1918

[They] . . . go up . . . in the forebarrel to "scun" the ship--that is, to find the way or leads through the ice.

1956

From the seal-fishery we get . . . scunn, to direct a sealing vessel from the barrel, hence scunner, assistant to the master of a watch. . . .