BLUBBER

oil lying beneath skins of whales and other sea mammals; used for machine oil; Eng. whale fishery (X VIII.- XIX. cent’s) chiefly to obtain b., by mariners of Hull and Yorks ports, flourished. ECHT VON’ (1742-1819), Prince of Wahlstatt, Pru ian General; one of the leaders of Pru ian war-party (1805-6); became commander-in-chief of Silesian army during War of Liberation; became a general field-marshal (1813); won action of Laon (March, 1814); defeated by Napoleon at Ligny (June, 1815); made decisive charge at Waterloo; po e ed virtues of dashing cavalry soldier, but was without tactical skill of great commander; said to have been uncultivated, but naturally shrewd, vigorous, upright character.