Reverse Dictionary: WHALE

INTERJECTIONS
► TOWN HO! in whaling: used as a cry when a whale is sighted or as a cry for help → 1851 Amer. dial.
► TOWNOR! in whaling: used as a cry when a whale is sighted or as a cry for help → 1791 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► BACON the blubber of a whale → 1712 obs.
► BALEEN whalebone → c1325
– a whale → 1387 obs.
► BELLANE whalebone → 1513 obs.
► BELUE a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale → 1474 obs. rare
► BLANKET in whaling: a large strip of whale blubber → 1851 Amer. dial.
► BLOWER a whale → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BLUBBER-FINKS the fatty portions of the whale after the extraction of the oil → 1855 Eng. dial.
► BUTCHER SHOP a whaling ship; used disparagingly → 1932 Amer. nautical sl.
► CHIMNEY a whale’s spout → 1896 Amer. whaling usage
► CRANG the carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed; the flesh of a dead whale → 1819
► DEVILFISH a gray whale → 1860 Amer. dial.
► DRY SKIN a whale without much blubber → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FALL in whaling: the cry given when a whale is sighted, or seen to blow, or harpooned; the chase of a whale or school of whales → 1694
► FAWL a whale → 1932 Sc.
► GAM a herd or school of whales → 1850
– a social meeting of whalers at sea → 1850
► GRAYBACK a gray whale → 1888 Amer. dial.
► GURRY what is left of a whale after the oil it tried out; the offal of any animal, esp. a fish → 1776 US
► HARDHEAD the California grey whale → 1884 Amer. dial.
► HUDDON a whale, or a large kind of whale → 1370 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► HURLPOOL a whale or sea monster → 1553 obs.
► KRENG the carcass of a whale from which the blubber has been removed → 1835
► MOB a drove or school of whales → 1898 Eng. dial.
► MOGGIE the stomach of a fish or whale → 1822 Sc.
► MUKTUK whale skin, usually with an attached layer of blubber, used as food; whale blubber → 1910 Amer. dial.
► MUNGTUK whale skin, usually with an attached layer of blubber, used as food; whale blubber → 1937 Amer. dial.
► MUSSEL-DIGGER the gray whale → 1860 Amer. dial.
► OIL-BUTT in whaling: a whale likely to yield much oil → 1823 Amer. sl.
► SHORT-HEAD a name given by sailors to the young of the whale → 1726
► SOG a large whale → 1839 obs.
► SUDS in whaling: the foam churned up by a wounded whale → 1850
► TRAIN OIL whale oil → 1776 US

NOUNS – PERSON
► CUTTER-IN in whaling, one who cuts up a whale so as to remove the blubber → 1843
► IDLER on a whaler: one who is not required to assist in the capture of whales → Bk1895 nautical
► SARDINE an old whaling hand → Bk1933 sl.

VERBS
► GAM of whales: to gather together and form a ‘gam’ or school → 1889
    – of whalers: to meet and hold intercourse with the crew of another ship → 1890