| 单词 | oil-butt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil-butt oil-butt n. now rare a butt or barrel containing oil; (figurative) a whale containing much oil. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel for oil > [noun] oil vessela1382 oil pot1440 oil vat1472 oil-horn1535 stamp1552 oil can1599 oil-butt1823 oil bath1838 oil cup1850 oil vase1858 oil-jack1875 oil-drum1909 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of huddon?c1370 whirlpoolc1450 thirlepollc1460 physeter1581 whirl-about1605 whirl-whale1606 thurlhead1610 black whale1615 blackfish1688 bonefish1752 pollack1774 Algerine1849 sea-boar1859 oil-butt1937 1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot I. xvii. 230 ‘No sir, 'tis a right whale’, answered Tom; ‘I saw his spout..He's a raal oil-butt, that fellow.’ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxv. 547 The cabin mess dined off the broad head of an oil-butt, lashed down to the floor for a centrepiece. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 581/1 Oil-butt, a black whale. < as lemmas |
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