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ˈwhale-ˌfisher
[f. whale-fishing: see -er1.]
= whaler 1. So ˈwhalefisherman, = whaler 1 and 2; ˈwhale-fishery, (a) the occupation or industry of whale-fishing; (b) a locality where whale-fishing is carried on or where whales abound.
1773J. Berridge Chr. World Unmasked (1805) 43 In Greenland among the *whale-fishers. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 271 The salt in the sea..destroys the tenacity of the bay-ice,..and, in the language of the whale-fisher, completely rots it. 1874A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise i. 1 Hither [sc. to the Arctic Regions] our brave whale-fishers have annually ventured for many years.
1724Phil. Trans. XXXIII. 193 Our *Whale Fishermen of Nantucket. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 74 Foreign Protestants also, who had served three years on board of any British whale⁓fishermen.
1704Phil. Trans. XXIV. 1723 When our Ships return'd from the *Whale-Fishery. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 555 About Greenland, and in other places where there are whale-fisheries. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 76 The British whale-fishery of 1758 was very unsuccessful. 1874A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise i. 8 The ships engaged in the whale fishery are all most substantially built. |