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ed also mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.

Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.

The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balæna mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.

A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.

To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

(Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset. Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makes her thus angelical. Marston.

ll strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.

The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

iards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.] The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller.

An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: (a) The Mysticete or whalebone whales, having n…

Of or pertaining to a whale.

pilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

A dandy roller. See below. Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. -- Dandy fever. See Dengue. -- Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. -- Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp,…

The pilot whale or blackfish.