oomiak
Britishnoun
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In the big oomiak that they lost, some of the men did it, so—puff, pull, puff, puff—is it not funny?”
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
“Is not the big oomiak with them?” asked her brother, rising quickly.
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The Esquimaux canoes contain only one person, and are named kaiyacks; but they have a kind of open boat capable of holding six or eight people, which is named oomiak.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
This man, coming to an open glade whence he could see the shore, beheld the Eskimo women launching their oomiak in a state of frantic alarm.
From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
In the stern of the oomiak sat an old grey-headed man, who filled the office of steersman; a duty which usually devolves upon old men after they become unfit to manage the kayak.
From Ungava by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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