oomiak
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Now, Adolay, we are going to take you home,” said Cheenbuk, the day they started, while walking with her towards the oomiak in which she was to take her seat and a paddle.
From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
On the dispersion of the fog at the time, we discovered an oomiak, filled with people paddling, and some other men wading towards us.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
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
“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
Grasping the barrel he turned the muzzle aside, and the ball that was meant for his heart went skipping out to sea, to the no small surprise of the women in the oomiak.
From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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