whaling gun (hwalinggun)

Any mechanical contrivance for killing whales by means of an explosive and a projectile, as the bomb-gun, swivel-gun, darting-gun, and whale rocket. whaling man (hwa'ling-man), n. A whaleman. whaling-master (hwa'ling-master), n. A captain of a whaling-craft, or one who is in command of a whaling-station. whaling-port (hwa'ling-port), n. A port of entry where whaling-ve els are owned and registered. whaling-rocket (hwa'ling-rok"et), n. A special form of rocket used in whaling to carry a harpoon and line, and an explosive shell, into the body of a whale. whaling-station (hwa'ling-sta"shon), n. In shore-whaling, a place where the try-works are located. C. M. Scammon. [Western coast of U. S.] IMG:content-2252.png:[blocks in formation] whang-leather (hwang'leri"er), n. See leather and whang1 , 2. whank (hwangk), v . and n. Same as whang2. [Scotch.] whap, whapper, etc. See whop , etc. whappet1 (hwop'et), n. [ whap + -et.] A blow on the ear. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] whappet2 (hwop'et), n. [A var. of wappet , a yelping cur.] A snarling, worthle dog; a cur. To feare the barking and bawling of a fewe little curres and whappets . Dent , Pathway, p. 243. ( Nares .) As the sturdy steed dashes out the little whappet's brains. Rev. S. Ward , Sermons, p. 55. wharf (hwarf), n.; pl. wharves, wharfs (hwârvz, hwarfs). [Early mod. E. also irreg. warf; whall (hwal), n. See walls . whallabee (hwol'a-bē), n . Same as wallaby . whallyt (hwal'i), a . [For * wally ; A bearded Gote, whose rugged heare And whally eies (the signe of gelosy) Was like the person selfe whom he did beare. used as a lubricant for delicate machinery, and that from various cetaceans is often named from them, as grampus oil, porpoise-oil, etc. - Black whale-oil. (a) Oil from the baleen whales, including the rorquals; train-oil. ( b ) Oil discolored in running machinery. - Pre ed whale-oil. See def. ( a ).