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quintering [origin unknown] Sealing, Nfld 
n. See quotes.
- 1937 [Quintering means] killing scattered seals while the ship is moving through loose ice, the men going over the side for the purpose.
- 1966 "Quintering" is still believed to be carried out in Cabot Strait between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland. In this type of hunting a ship moves through the loose floating ice and the younger and more agile members of the crew line up at the bow. When they see a seal they hop from the deck on to the ice, club the seal and hook it through the jaw. It is then hauled back to the ship on a line.
- 1937 [Quintering means] killing scattered seals while the ship is moving through loose ice, the men going over the side for the purpose.