Word Meanings - WHALEMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A man employed in the whale fishery.

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• WHALE
  Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone. Note: The existing whales are divided into two
• WHALEMAN
  A man employed in the whale fishery.
• WHALER
  A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
• WHALEBOAT
  A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.
• EMPLOYER
  One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
• WHALEBACK
  A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.
• FISHERY
  The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters. Abbott. (more info) 1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison. 2. A place for catching fish.
• EMPLOYMENT
  1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed. 2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments;
• EMPLOYEE
  One employed by another.
• EMPLOYE
  One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.
• EMPLOYABLE
  Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.
• WHALEBONE
  A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen. Note: Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead,
• EMPLOY
  implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, 1. To inclose; to infold. Chaucer. 2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as:
• UNEMPLOYMENT
  Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
• UNEMPLOYED
  1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
• SPERM WHALE
  A very large toothed whale , having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the
• PREEMPLOY
  To employ beforehand. "Preëmployed by him." Shak.
• DISEMPLOYMENT
  The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.
• MISEMPLOYMENT
  Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson.
• DISEMPLOY
  To throw out of employment. Jer. Taylor.
• RIGHT WHALE
  The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale , from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale , and the Pacific right whale ; a bone whale. Pygmy right whale