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ˈwhale-fin ? Obs.
Also 7 whales-finne.
Whalebone, formerly supposed to be the fin of the whale.
1612Sc. Bk. Rates in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 332 Whale fin the fin, xl s. 1614Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvii. (ed. 2) 433 The Inhabitantes holde trade with other Samoeds..for..Beauers, Downe, Whales-Finnes. 1741Daily Post 11 Apr. 1/3 On Tuesday was imported..from Holland 9 C. Whale-fins. 1809Kendall Trav. II. lii. 207 By whale-fin has always been meant the barb, from which the whale-bone is really obtained. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 415 Whale-bone, or whale-fins, as the substance is sometimes, though incorrectly named. |