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Gross; lubberly. Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak.

The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. Ure.

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880).

The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.

the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. -- Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] -- Horse mussel (Zoöl.), a large, marine mussel (Modiola modiolus), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. -- Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly,…

dage, old metal, glass, etc. -- Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck. -- Junk ring. (a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine. (b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place; (c) A follower. -- Junk shop, a shop where old cordage, and ship's tac…

The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]

A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]

A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. [Low]

An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. Swift.

A lubber. [Obs.] Swift.

A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] T. Kendall.

n the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting. Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.

o strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. Dryden.

r befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.

ed for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant]

A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. [Old Slang] Dr. Favour.

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.

The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.

ottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.