Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whaling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whaling \Whal"ing\, a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a
whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whaling \Whal"ing\, n.
The hunting of whales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whala \Whala\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whaling}.] [Cf. {Wale}. ]
To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub. [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] --Halliwell. Bartlett.
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