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whal·ing (hw

ng, w

The business or practice of hunting, killing, and processing whales.

whaling [ˈweɪlɪŋ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Fishing) the work or industry of hunting and processing whales for food, oil, etc.

adv

Informal (intensifier) a whaling good time

Translations

whaling [ˈweɪlɪŋ]

A. N → pesca f de ballenas
to go whaling → ir a pescar ballenas

B. CPD whaling ship N → ballenero m
whaling station N → estación f ballenera

whaling [ˈ^hweɪlɪŋ] n → pêche f à la baleine

whaling

n → Wal(fisch)fang m; to go whaling → auf Walfang gehen; whaling ship → Walfänger m, → Walfangschiff nt; whaling station → Walfangstation f

whaling [ˈweɪlɪŋ] n → caccia alla balena

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Balaena mysticetus Balaenoptera Balaenoptera musculus baleen whale black whale blue whale bowhead bowhead whale cachalot Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus finback whale genus Balaenoptera gray whale Greenland whale grey whale humpback whale killer whale Megaptera novaeangliae	But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way --he can better answer than any one else. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context He has left very little direct information as to the events of this eighteen months' cruise, although his whaling romance, 'Moby Dick; or, the Whale,' probably gives many pictures of life on board the Acushnet. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context He was the Burning Daylight of scores of wild adventures, the man who carried word to the ice-bound whaling fleet across the tundra wilderness to the Arctic Sea, who raced the mail from Circle to Salt Water and back again in sixty days, who saved the whole Tanana tribe from perishing in the winter of '91--in short, the man who smote the chechaquos' imaginations more violently than any other dozen men rolled into one. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context	whacky Whahoo whakapapa Whala whale Whale bird whale catcher Whale fin Whale fishery whale louse whale oil whale shark Whale shot whale sucker Whale's bone Whale's tongue whaleback whaleboat whalebone whalebone whale Whaleman whaler whaler shark Whales whalesucker whaling whaling fleet whaling gun whaling industry whaling ship Whall Whally wham Whame Whammel whammo whammy Whan whanau whang Whangarei Whangdoodle whangee Whanghee whap Whapper Whapping whare whare wanaga wharepuni wharf	Whaleman Whalen, Grover whaler whaler whaler whaler whaler shark Whalers Whalers Whalers Whales Whales Whales Whales Whales Bay Whales Bay Whales, Bay Whales, Bay of Whales, Bay of Whales, pilot Whales, pilot Whales, pilot whalesong whalesucker whalesucker whalesucker Whaley Bridge Bowling Club Whaley Bridge Cricket Club Whaley Bridge Primary School Whaleyville Volunteer Fire Department whaling Whaling City Rowing Club whaling fleet whaling gun whaling industry Whaling National Historical Park Whaling origin Whaling origin Whaling origin Whaling origins Whaling origins Whaling origins whaling ship whaling ship whaling ship Whaling ships Whaling ships Whaling ships Whall Whalley Business Improvement Association Whalley Computer Associates Whalley Precision, Inc. Whalley Range High School Whalley, Edward Whally wham wham wham wham bam thank you ma'am Wham! Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am

But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way --he can better answer than any one else.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

He has left very little direct information as to the events of this eighteen months' cruise, although his whaling romance, 'Moby Dick; or, the Whale,' probably gives many pictures of life on board the Acushnet.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

He was the Burning Daylight of scores of wild adventures, the man who carried word to the ice-bound whaling fleet across the tundra wilderness to the Arctic Sea, who raced the mail from Circle to Salt Water and back again in sixty days, who saved the whole Tanana tribe from perishing in the winter of '91--in short, the man who smote the chechaquos' imaginations more violently than any other dozen men rolled into one.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

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