specksioneern.

/spɛkʃəˈnɪə/

Forms: Also specktion(e)er, spectioneer, 'speckshioner.

Etymology: < Dutch speksnijer, colloquial form of speksnijder , < spek speck n.⁴ + snijden to cut. The Dutch ij was formerly, and is still locally, pronounced as /iː/.

Whaling.

A harpooner, usually the chief harpooner, of a whaler, who directs the operation of flensing the whale or cutting up the blubber.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun] > harpooner

harpooneer1613

darter1720

harpooner1726

specksioneer1820

pitchpoler1851

α.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 40 The office of specksioneer, as it is called by the English. The specksioneer is now considered the principal harpooner.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 299 The harpooners, directed by the specksioneer, divide the fat into oblong pieces or ‘slips’.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spectioneer, a whaling name for the first harpooner.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. 89 They spoke of the specksioneer, with admiration enough for his powers as a harpooner and sailor.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 641 Specktioneer, the chief harpooner in a Greenland ship.

β. 1836 Uncle Philip's Conversat. Whale Fishery 87 There is among the harpooners one man called the specktioner, and as he commands, the harpooners cut the fat into long pieces.1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 24 Up spake the soul of a gray Gothavn 'speckshioner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	specksioneer
释义	specksioneern. /spɛkʃəˈnɪə/ Forms: Also specktion(e)er, spectioneer, 'speckshioner. Etymology: < Dutch speksnijer, colloquial form of speksnijder , < spek speck n.⁴ + snijden to cut. The Dutch ij was formerly, and is still locally, pronounced as /iː/. Whaling. A harpooner, usually the chief harpooner, of a whaler, who directs the operation of flensing the whale or cutting up the blubber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun] > harpooner harpooneer1613 darter1720 harpooner1726 specksioneer1820 pitchpoler1851 α. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 40 The office of specksioneer, as it is called by the English. The specksioneer is now considered the principal harpooner. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 299 The harpooners, directed by the specksioneer, divide the fat into oblong pieces or ‘slips’. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spectioneer, a whaling name for the first harpooner. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. 89 They spoke of the specksioneer, with admiration enough for his powers as a harpooner and sailor. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 641 Specktioneer, the chief harpooner in a Greenland ship. β. 1836 Uncle Philip's Conversat. Whale Fishery 87 There is among the harpooners one man called the specktioner, and as he commands, the harpooners cut the fat into long pieces.1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 24 Up spake the soul of a gray Gothavn 'speckshioner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1820
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