rip-sackn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪpsak/, U.S.

/ˈrɪpˌsæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rip v.¹, sack n.¹

Etymology: < rip v.¹ + sack n.¹ The animal was so called on account of the manner in which its blubber was removed by whalers.

North American. Now rare.

The grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > genus Eschrichtius (grey whale)

grey whale1834

grey1849

hardhead1860

rip-sack1860

greyback1869

1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 213 It being difficult to capture them, they have a variety of names among whalemen, as ‘Ripsack’,..‘Devil-fish’.

1870 Overland Monthly Mar. 235/1 The whales..were given a multitude of significant names, several of which are in vogue at the present day, such as ‘rip-sack’, ‘muscle-digger’, ‘hard-head’, ‘gray-back’, ‘devil-fish’, etc.

1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries1908 (App. C) 310/2 Gray Whale (Rachianectes glaucus). A large whale found along the Pacific coast; also called ‘devilfish’, ‘hard-head’, ‘gray back’, ‘rip sack’, ‘mussel digger’, etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rip-sack
释义	rip-sackn. Brit. /ˈrɪpsak/, U.S. /ˈrɪpˌsæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rip v.¹, sack n.¹ Etymology: < rip v.¹ + sack n.¹ The animal was so called on account of the manner in which its blubber was removed by whalers. North American. Now rare. The grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > genus Eschrichtius (grey whale) grey whale1834 grey1849 hardhead1860 rip-sack1860 greyback1869 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 213 It being difficult to capture them, they have a variety of names among whalemen, as ‘Ripsack’,..‘Devil-fish’. 1870 Overland Monthly Mar. 235/1 The whales..were given a multitude of significant names, several of which are in vogue at the present day, such as ‘rip-sack’, ‘muscle-digger’, ‘hard-head’, ‘gray-back’, ‘devil-fish’, etc. 1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries1908 (App. C) 310/2 Gray Whale (Rachianectes glaucus). A large whale found along the Pacific coast; also called ‘devilfish’, ‘hard-head’, ‘gray back’, ‘rip sack’, ‘mussel digger’, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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