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whaling¹ Definition

whal·ing (hwāliŋ, wā-)

noun

the work or trade of hunting and killing whales for their blubber, whalebone, etc.

whaling² Definition

whal·ing (hwāliŋ, wā-)

noun

Informal a sound thrashing; whipping

Etymology: < whale + -ing

whaling Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • resume: Norway resumed commercial whaling in 1993 under formal objection to the IWC moratorium which was introduced in 1986.
  • include: The Tay ferries are featured, as of course is Dundee's more general maritime history, including whaling.
  • regulate: The purpose of the IWC is to regulate whaling in accordance with the principles of sustainable use.
  • allow: Article VIII of the IWC Convention allows unlimited whaling for research purposes.
  • support: Even today Icelanders commonly support whaling, and visits by Greenpeace are greeted with people barbecuing whale meat.
  • ban: An international moratorium was introduced by the IWC in 1986 banning commercial whaling.

Adjective modifier

  • commercial: Help ensure that commercial whaling remains a thing of the past.
  • scientific: The issues related to Japan's " scientific whaling " , long the subject of criticism within the Commission.
  • modern: Modern whaling in the Antarctic is big business, carried out with scientific equipment.
  • coastal: At issue was Japan's perennial request to start up " small type " coastal whaling in its home waters.
  • aboriginal: This includes all whaling, so called scientific whaling and any whaling conducted under the cover-all of ' aboriginal subsistence whaling ' .
  • Antarctic: Scotland had long been involved in both Arctic and Antarctic whaling.

Modifies a noun

  • fleet: Nevertheless, the whaling fleet in Peterhead continued to grow, from 11 whaling boats in 1836 to 27 in 1855.
  • ship: She was the first of a series of the new breed of arctic whaling ships to be launched by the yard.
  • station: Cycle to: the old whaling stations on Mainland, with many of the ruined fishing lodges still standing on the shores.
  • captain: Captain Alexander Fairweather's younger brother, James, was also a whaling captain.
  • vessel: These would be added to the catches of the whaling vessels.
  • port: Dundee was once among the world's leading whaling ports.

Noun used with modifier

  • subsistence: Norway defies the ban while some indigenous peoples in Greenland, Siberia and the US state of Alaska are allowed traditional subsistence whaling.
  • century: Abundance has been much reduced in the north Atlantic by late 19th and 20th century whaling.
whaling Quotes

'Scientific whaling'isliketheprostitutionoftheprofession: using the name of science fora totally bogus purpose.

—Whitehead, Hal

He understood†Walt Whitman, who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary, and Herman Melville who split the atom of the traditional novel in the effort to make whaling a universal metaphor.

—Lodge, David John

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