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specksioneer Whale-fishing.|spɛkʃəˈnɪə(r)|
Also specktion(e)er, spectioneer, 'speckshioner.
[ad. Du. speksnijer, colloquial form of speksnijder, f. spek speck n.4 + snijden to cut. The Du. ij was formerly, and is still locally, pronounced as (iː).]
A harpooner, usually the chief harpooner, of a whaler, who directs the operation of flensing the whale or cutting up the blubber.
α1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 40 The office of specksioneer, as it is called by the English. The specksioneer is now considered the principal harpooner. Ibid. 299 The harpooners, directed by the specksioneer, divide the fat into oblong pieces or ‘slips’. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Spectioneer, a whaling name for the first harpooner. 1863Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. II. 89 They spoke of the specksioneer, with admiration enough for his powers as a harpooner and sailor. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 641 Specktioneer, the chief harpooner in a Greenland ship.
β1836Uncle Philip's Convers. Whale Fishery 87 There is among the harpooners one man called the specktioner, and as he commands, the harpooners cut the fat into long pieces. 1896Kipling Seven Seas 24 Up spake the soul of a gray Gothavn 'speckshioner. |