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starting back
starting back n. [ < starting n. + back n.2] Whaling Obsolete a cistern in which blubber is placed before it is discharged into a boiler.
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1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 398 An oblong wooden cistern, called the ‘starting-back’, is usually erected, for containing blubber.
a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XV. 207/1 The casks being raised to the starting back are emptied of their contents, from which the blubber passes into the copper boiler.
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