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• caa'ing whale — noun A pilot whale, formerly hunted by ca ing or driving ashore ● ca’ * * * caa ing whale var. ca ing whale …   Useful english dictionary

• caa'ing whale —   n. kind of dolphin, also called blackfish or pilot whale …   Dictionary of difficult words

• ca'ing whale — variant of caaing whale …   Useful english dictionary

• Whale Adventure — is a 1960 children s book by the Canadian born American author Willard Price featuring his Adventure series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt.The novel depicts Hal and Roger s journey on a whaling ship with anachronistic, nineteenth century features …   Wikipedia

• whale — I [[t](h)weɪl, weɪl[/t]] n. pl. whales, (esp. collectively)whale, 1) mam any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, esp. as distinguished from the smaller dolphins, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a… …   From formal English to slang

• pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head. [1865 70] * * * Any of one to three species (genus Globicephala, family Delphinidae) of toothed whale found in all oceans except the Arctic and… …   Universalium

• social whale — noun : blackfish 2 * * * social whale noun The ca ing whale (see under ↑ca’) • • • Main Entry: ↑social …   Useful english dictionary

• cleav|ing — cleave1 «kleev», verb, cleft or cleaved or clove, cleft or cleaved or clo|ven, cleav|ing. –v.t …   Useful english dictionary

• play the whale — vb Australian to vomit. The image is of a whale spout ing …   Contemporary slang

• blub´ber|ing|ly — blub|ber «BLUHB uhr», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. the fat of whales and some other sea animals. Blubber lies under the skin and over the muscles. The oil obtained from whale blubber was formerly burned in lamps. 2. excess fat on the body. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary