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scun(n) [var. of scan] Nfld 
v. See quotes.
- 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. . . .
- 1918 [They] . . . go up . . . in the forebarrel to "scun" the ship--that is, to find the way or leads through the ice.