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1.
whāle
n.
35 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Any large marine mammal of the order Cetacea; also, the Biblical fish which swallowed Jonah;
whale oile
, the oil obtained from whale blubber, whale oil (b) the Biblical Leviathan, a sea monster…
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rushe-wāle
n.
Additional spellings:
rushewale
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Walrus hide.
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