单词 | whale-fisher |
释义 | whale-fishern. = whaler n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun] whale-hunter1598 whale-killer1613 whale-striker1613 whaler1684 whaleman1704 whalefisherman1724 whale-fisher1773 sperm-whaler1834 whalermana1894 1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 48 In Greenland, among the whale-fishers. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 271 The salt in the sea..destroys the tenacity of the bay-ice,..and, in the language of the whale-fisher, completely rots it. 1874 A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise i. 1 Hither [sc. to the Arctic Regions] our brave whale-fishers have annually ventured for many years. Compounds ˈwhalefisherman n. = whaler n. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > whaling vessel Greenlandman1659 whale-boat1682 whalefisherman1724 whaleman1767 whaler1806 spouter1815 whale-ship1820 catcher1829 sperm-whaler1834 blubber-boiler1851 plum-puddinger1851 five-boater1887 bay whaler1905 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun] whale-hunter1598 whale-killer1613 whale-striker1613 whaler1684 whaleman1704 whalefisherman1724 whale-fisher1773 sperm-whaler1834 whalermana1894 1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 193 Our Whale Fishermen of Nantucket. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 74 Foreign Protestants also, who had served three years on board of any British whale~fishermen. ˈwhale-fishery n. (a) the occupation or industry of whale-fishing; (b) a locality where whale-fishing is carried on or where whales abound. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun] > whaling-ground whale-fishery1705 whale-ground1851 whale-hole1897 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun] whale-fishing1582 whale-hunting1615 whale-killing1625 whalery1683 whale-catching1685 whaling1704 whale-fishery1820 whale-striking1821 sperm-whaling1851 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1723 When our Ships return'd from the Whale-Fishery. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 555 About Greenland, and in other places where there are whale-fisheries. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 76 The British whale-fishery of 1758 was very unsuccessful. 1874 A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise i. 8 The ships engaged in the whale fishery are all most substantially built. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1705 |
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