whale rind (hwalrind)

The skin of a whale. It is thick, tough, and for the most part dark-colored, and overlies the blubber somewhat as the rind of a fruit covers the pulp. whalery (hwa'ler-i), n.; pl. whaleries (-iz). [ The whalery not being sufficiently encouraging. Annals of Phila. and Penn., I. 7. taining to or consisting of whales; cetaceous. [Rare.] The ocean's monarch, whom Ioue did annoint, The great controller of the whaly ranckes. Tourneur , Transf. Metamorphosis, st. 39. granted by the Crown for that purpose. In American seaports wharves generally belong to the municipality, and are often leased to their occupants, but some are private property. The wharves stretched out towards the centre of the harbor. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xvi. Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame.