Whaling
['weɪlɪŋ] or ['welɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whala
(n.) The hunting of whales.
(a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
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Examples
- He knew as well as I did that it was just as likely, at that time of year, I was going down there whaling; but I felt complimented, too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The whaling fleets, long after gas came into use, were one of the greatest sources of our national wealth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- How did yer whaling agree with yer, Tom? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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