A whale, or large kind of whale.

? The large blowing whale.

A whale, or some species or kind of whale.

Any of various whales noted for spouting. Obsolete.

A name for some kind of whale: cf. whirl-whale n. at whirl-, comb._form affix (in combination), whirlpool, n.1 rare.

some kind of whale (cf. whirl-about, n. 1, whirlpool, n.1).

= thirlepoll, n.

any of several kinds of whale; esp. the southern right whale, Balaena australis; cf. blackfish, n. 3.

A pilot whale (genus Globicephala). Also: the killer whale, Orcinus orca (now rare).

A whale hunted for whalebone (baleen). Obsolete.

Scottish. A porpoise. Cf. pellock, n.1 Obsolete. rare.

Any of various toothed whales. Also Algerine porpoise. Now rare.

some kind of large cetacean.

a butt or barrel containing oil; (figurative) a whale containing much oil.