whalebone (hwalbon)

and a. [ Four plates of baleen, seen ing no inches in length. Whalebone is or has been used in the manufacture of a great variety of articles. 2. Something made of whalebone or baleen; a piece of whalebone prepared for some regu- lar use: as, the whalebones of a corset.-3. Specifically, a whalebone riding-whip. They're neck and neck; they're head and head: They're stroke for stroke in the running; The whalebone whistles, the steel is red, No shirking as yet or shunning. A. L. Gordon, Visions in the Smoke. 4t. In the middle ages, ivory from the narwhal, walrus, or other sea-creature, or supposed to be from such a source. See whale's bone , under whalel , n. To telle of hir tet he that tryetly were set, Alse qwyte & qwem as any qwalle bon . Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3055. II. a . Made of or containing whalebone. Their ancient whalebone stays creaked. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 398. Whalebone whale. See I., 1, and phrase under whalel. whale-brit (hwalbrit), n. Same as brit2, 2. Compare whalel, n., 1. whale-built (hwal'bilt), a. Constructed on the model of a whale-boat. The Canadian fishing-boats are whale - built . Perley . The young of the whale-calf (hwal'käf), n. whale. Also calf - whale . whale-fin (hwal'fin), n . In com., a plate or lamina of whalebone; whalebone collectively. [Both whale - fin and whalebone are misnomers, due to origi- nal ignorance of the source and nature of the material.] A duty was imposed upon whale - fins , which, notwithstanding the double duty on fins imported by foreigners, went far toward the ruin of the Green land trade. S. Dowell , Taxes in England, II. 61. whalefisht (hwal'fish), n. [= D. walvisch = OHG. walfisc, MHG. walvisch, G. walfisch = Icel. hvalfiskr = Sw. Dan. hvalfisk ; as whale1 + fish1 .] A whale. There by be many w [ h ] alefy hes and flyinge fy hes. R. Eden , in First Books on America (ed. Arber, p. xxviii.). whale-fisher (hwal'fisher), n. A person engaged in the whale-fishery; a whaler. С. М. Scammon, Marine Mammals, p. 211. IMG:content-2248.png:[graphic] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-2250.png:[blocks in formation] seas. See the technical names. - 2. The basking-shark (which see, with cut). whale-ship wh (hwāl's hip), n. A ship built for or employed in the busine of whale-fishing; a whaling-ship or whaler. whale-fishery (hwal'fish"ér-i), n. 1. The oc- cup at i on or industry of taking whales; also, the men, ve els, etc., engaged in this pursuit.-2. W A locality that is or may be resorted to for the taking of whales; a place where whale-fishing is conducted, or where whales abound. whale-fishing (hwal'fishing), n. The act or occupation of taking whales; whaling. whale-flea (hwal'file), n. Same as whale -louse. whale-food (hwal'föd), n. Same as whale - brit . See brit2 , 2, whalel , n., and cuts under Clione and Limacina.