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1. aglu, n. View full entry 1835
...A breathing-hole in the ice, made by a seal. Cf. blow-hole4....
2. igloo, n. View full entry 1856
...A dome-shaped Eskimo dwelling, typically built of blocks of compacted snow....
3. kamik, n. View full entry 1891
...A long boot of sealskin worn by Eskimo peoples....
4. komatik, n. View full entry 1824
...A dog-sledge used by the people of Labrador. Also as intr., to travel on a komatik....
5. kudlik, n. View full entry 1856
...A soapstone oil lamp of a type traditionally used for light and heat by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic....
6. Malamute, n. View full entry 1868
...A member of an Inupiaq people inhabiting the region of the Kotzebue Sound on the west coast of Alaska....
7. mukluk, n. View full entry 1898
...A high boot worn by the Inuit and Yupik peoples, traditionally made of seal or caribou skin....
8. muktuk, n. View full entry 1880
...The skin and outer blubber of a whale, used as food by the Inuit....
9. Netsilingmiut, n. and adj. View full entry 1885
...= Netsilik...
10. piblokto, n. View full entry 1894
...A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterized by an episode of wild excitement and irrational behaviour followed by a period of stupor or unconsciousness, sometimes with apparent seizures; also called...
11. seecatch, n. View full entry 1881
...The male of the Alaska fur-seal, Callorhinus ursinus....
12. tupik, n. View full entry 1864
...A hut or tent of skins used by Eskimo as a summer residence....
13. ulu, n.1 View full entry 1864
...An Eskimo woman's knife having a crescent-shaped blade....
14. Yuit, n. and adj. View full entry 1881
...An Eskimo people of eastern Chukotka, Russia, and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska....
