whaling

Definition of whaling in English English dictionary: A beating; Present participle of whale; The practice of spotting whales; The practice of hunting whales; {i} whale hunting, harpooning; Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel; Whaling is the activity of hunting and killing whales. a ban on commercial whaling. the whaling industry. the activity of hunting whales. Hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools to hunt whales. They used the entire animal, a feat not accomplished by Western commercial whalers until the advent of floating factories in the 20th century. The Basque were the first Europeans to hunt whales commercially; when seaworthy oceangoing vessels began to be made, they took to the open seas (14th-16th century). They were followed by the Dutch and the Germans in the 17th century and the British and their colonists in the 18th century. In 1712 the first sperm whale was killed; its oil proved more valuable than that of the right whale, which had hitherto been the object of whaling ventures. Whaling expeditions in pursuit of the free-ranging sperm whale could last for four years. The discovery of petroleum (1859), overfishing, the use of vegetable oil, and the substitution of steel for whalebones in corsets led to a steep decline in whaling in the later 19th century, but Norwegian innovations made hunting the hitherto "wrong" whales (rorquals, including the blue whale and the sei whale; so called because they sank when killed) commercially feasible, and the number of whales killed rose from under 2,000 to over 20,000 between 1900 and 1911. The Norwegians and the British dominated whaling into the mid 20th century, when overfishing again made it unprofitable for most nations, though not Japan and the Soviet Union, which became the chief whaling nations. Concern over the near extinction of many species led to the establishment in 1946 of the International Whaling Commission. Commercial whaling was prohibited altogether in 1986, but several nations refused to comply. At the beginning of the 21st century, Norway and Japan continued to hunt hundreds of nonendangered whales annually; The hunting of whales
whaling gun: a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale
whaling gun: {i} gun or a gun-like device used for ejecting a harpoon at whales
whale: Something, or someone, that is very large
But when it comes to his business life and business career, Will Clayton is not as other men; he is such a whale of a lot better that it suggests a qualitative as well as a quantitative difference.
whale: a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable
The high roller who had the most ferocious reputation for trying to run the business of the casinos where he played, before he died on December 26, 2006, was Kerry Packer. In the casino world, Packer was the Prince of Whales.
whale: Any of several species of large sea mammals
whale: {n} the largest of all fish, monster, mark
whale: A high roller, also referred to as a whale in the casino industry, is a gambler who wagers large amounts of money. Because of potential windfall these high sums can bring to the casinos, high rollers often receive increasingly lavish perks from casinos to lure them onto their gambling floors, such as free private jet transfers, limousine use and be allowed to stay in the casinos best suite
International Whaling Commission: An intergovernmental organization created in 1946 to control the rapid escalation of whaling. The original purpose of the IWC was to preserve whale stocks for commercial whalers. Whale populations, however, continued to decline, and in 1986 the IWC instituted a moratorium on commercial whaling that remains in effect. At the beginning of the 21st century, 40 countries belonged to the commission, but membership has fluctuated over the years. The commission's success has been limited by governments leaving the IWC, ignoring its policies, or breaching regulations
whale: Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long
whale: To flog, to beat
whale: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head hunt for whales
whale: The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7: 12 (A V ; but R V , "sea-monster") It is rendered by "dragons" in Deut 32: 33; Ps 91: 13; Jer 51: 34; Ps 74: 13 (marg , "whales;" and marg of R V , "sea-monsters"); Isa 27: 1; and "serpent" in Ex 7: 9 (R V marg , "any large reptile," and so in ver 10, 12) The words of Job (7: 12), uttered in bitter irony, where he asks, "Am I a sea or a whale?" simply mean, "Have I a wild, untamable nature, like the waves of the sea, which must be confined and held within bounds, that they cannot pass?" "The serpent of the sea, which was but the wild, stormy sea itself, wound itself around the land, and threatened to swallow it up Job inquires if he must be watched and plagued like this monster, lest he throw the world into disorder" (Davidson's Job)
whale: la ballena; blue whale, la ballena azul
whale: {i} very large sea mammal with an air spout on the top of the head
whale: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
whale: hunt for whales
whale: to hit or beat, as in: In times past, a teacher might threaten to whale an unruly student
whale: Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone
whale: To hunt for whales
whale: {f} hunt whales; thrash, hit repeatedly; attack with criticism
whale: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
whale: Whales are very large mammals that live in the sea. see also killer whale, sperm whale
whale: = an aquatic mammal, not a fish
whale: If you say that someone is having a whale of a time, you mean that they are enjoying themselves very much. I had a whale of a time in Birmingham. To attack vehemently: The poet whaled away at the critics. whale into/on sb/sth to start hitting someone or something. Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammals found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but especially numerous in the Antarctic Ocean. Whales are commonly distinguished from the smaller porpoises and dolphins and sometimes from narwhals, but they are all cetaceans. See also baleen whale; toothed whale. white whale baleen whale blue whale fin whale razorback whale finback whale humpback whale killer whale pilot whale right whale sei whale sperm whale toothed whale whale shark Whales Bay of International Whaling Commission

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hweylîng

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/ˈhwāləɴɢ/ /ˈhweɪlɪŋ/

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