planter

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) In Newfoundland, a person engaged in the fishery.

2) A term applied to a piece of timber or the naked trunk of a tree, one end of which is firmly planted in the bed of a river, while the other rises near the surface of the water. This is the most dangerous among the "snag and sawyer " family, to which vessels, navigating the Western rivers, are exposed. See Snag and Sawyer.

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