A fatty substance, which in a purified state has the form of a soft white scaly mass, found in the head (and to some extent in other parts) of the…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > material from sperm whale (6) spermaceti1471 A fatty substance, which in a purified state has the form of a soft white scaly mass, found in the head (and to some extent in other parts) of the… parmacety1545 = spermaceti, n. Also figurative. archaic and English regional in later use. head matter1747 a mixture of oil and other material (esp. spermaceti) obtained from the head of the sperm whale and certain other toothed whales. slobgollion1851 Fibrous or membranous detritus produced during the extraction of sperm whale oil. Cf. gurry, n.4 1, slumgullion, n. 2a. head1874 Whaling. = head matter n. at compounds 4. Obsolete. twitter1891 Whaling. The membranous residue left after the removal of the spermaceti by hand from the case of a sperm whale. Obsolete. |
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