blubber

  • 121blub|ber — «BLUHB uhr», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. the fat of whales and some other sea animals. Blubber lies under the skin and over the muscles. The oil obtained from whale blubber was formerly burned in lamps. 2. excess fat on the body. 3. noisy… …

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  • 122Blobber — Blob ber (bl[o^]b b[ e]r), n. [See {Blubber}, {Blub}.] A bubble; blubber. [Low] T. Carew. [1913 Webster] {Blobber lip}, a thick, protruding lip. [1913 Webster] His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 123Blobber lip — Blobber Blob ber (bl[o^]b b[ e]r), n. [See {Blubber}, {Blub}.] A bubble; blubber. [Low] T. Carew. [1913 Webster] {Blobber lip}, a thick, protruding lip. [1913 Webster] His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 124Train oil — (oil ). [D. or LG. traan train oil, blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.] Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 126Orca — Taxobox name = Orca status = LR/cd | status system = IUCN2.3 status ref = image caption = Transient Orcas near Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska image width = 250px image2 caption = Size comparison against an average human regnum =… …

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  • 127Moby-Dick — For other uses, see Moby Dick (disambiguation). Moby Dick; or, The Whale …

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  • 128Whaling — Eighteenth century engraving showing Dutch whalers hunting bowhead whales in the Arctic …

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