ooloo

A few nocturnal night-reed birds patrolled for flies and midges, and their throaty ooloo calmed those who woke with disturbed dreams.

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Presently after this, her husband coming in and asking for something to eat, she handed him some meat accompanied by a very fine ooloo.

Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822

They perform this by first cleansing the skin from as much of the fat and fleshy matter as the _ooloo_ will take off, and then rubbing it hard for several hours with a blunt scraper, called _si = ak~o~ot_, so as nearly to dry it.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822

The skins, which are those of the _neitiek_ only, are prepared by scraping off the hair and the fleshy parts with an _ooloo, _ and stretching them out tight on a frame, in which state they are left over the lamps or in the sun for several days to dry; and after this they are well chewed by the women to make them fit for working.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822

One day, after I had bought a knife of Togolat, she told Captain Lyon, in a most piteous tone, that _Parree_ had stolen her last _ooloo_, that she did not know what to do without one, and at length, coming to the point, begged him to give her one.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822

They perform this by first cleansing the skin from as much of the fat and fleshy matter as the _ooloo_ will take off, and then rubbing it hard for several hours with a blunt scraper, called _siākŏŏt_, so as nearly to dry it.

Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822

Togolat, she told Captain Lyon, in a most piteous tone, that _Parree_ had stolen her last _ooloo_, that she did not know what to do without one, and, at length coming to the point, begged him to give her one.

Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822

Captain Lyon, having amused himself in watching these proceedings, which so well confirmed the truth of the proverb, that certain people ought to have good memories, now took the knives, one by one, out of their hands, and, holding them up to Togolat, asked her if Parree had not stolen her last ooloo.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822

The skin with which the canoe is covered is exclusively that of the _neitiek_, prepared by scraping off the hair and fat with an _ooloo_, and stretching it tight on a frame over the fire; after which and a good deal of chewing, it is sewn on by the women with admirable neatness and strength.

Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822

Presently after this, her husband coming in and asking for something to eat, she handed him some meat, accompanied by a very fine ooloo.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822