whalebonen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪlbəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)weɪlˌboʊn/

Forms: see whale n. and bone n.¹; also Middle English huelbon, 1600s whelbone, whalbone, whealbone, quhallbon; (in sense 1) whales bone, etc.

†1. Ivory from the walrus or some similar animal confused with the whale: chiefly in white as whale's bone. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > parts of

whalebonec1275

flipper1822

snotter1832

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone

white as whale's bonec1275

ivorya1586

ivory-white1595

eburnean1656

eburnine1822

bone-coloured1837

bone-white1850

ivorine1888

ivoried1890

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1182 Þe walles of stone þe duren of whales bone [c1300 Otho wales bone].

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 40 A wayle whyt ase whalles bon.

a1400 Sqr. lowe Degre 537 Lady, as whyte as whales bone.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 212 Her ble more blaȝt þen whallez bon.

1467 T. Daverse in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 379 But yef ye purposed to falle hastely in my Lady Anne P. lappe, as white as whales bon, &c.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. B.iij^v An hundred steppis mountyng to the halle One of iasper a nother of whalis bone.

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 138 Hir Mouth so small, hir Teeth so white as any Whale his bone.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. I4 Legges as white as whales bone.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 332 This is the floure that smyles on euery one. To shew his teeth as white as Whales bone.

1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. iv. 162 Her hands were white, as Whale his bone.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. i. 150 Purer than white whales' bone.

β. a1400 Coer de L. 62 All it was whyt of huel-bon.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 172 Towngis now ar maid of quhite quhale bone, And hartis ar maid of hard flynt stone.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3055 Alse qwyte & qwem as any qwalle bon.

2. The elastic horny substance which grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of certain whales in place of teeth; baleen: used esp. for stiffening parts of the dress, etc.Formerly supposed to be obtained from the whale's fins.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening > whalebone

whalebone1604

boning1891

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > member of > whalebone and surrounding parts

whale-horn1562

whalebone1604

whale-fin1612

blade1803

whalebone-hair1820

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > bone > whalebone

baleenc1325

whale-horn1562

whalebone1604

fin1634

1604 Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 107 For whelbone to ye bodes ix^d.

1613 Voy. Spitzbergen in Archaeologia Americana (1860) 4 311 They cut of his head, containing his toung and his finnes, commonlie called whalbone.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶4 A Female who is thus invested in Whale-bone is sufficiently secured against the Approaches of an ill-bred Fellow.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶8 The Petticoat has no Whale-bone.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 457 Fifteen feet is the greatest length of the whalebone.

1878 J. W. Hayes Draper & Haberdasher (ed. 4) 87 Stay Whale~bone is prepared and cut into suitable lengths for corsets.

1878 J. W. Hayes Draper & Haberdasher (ed. 4) 87 Dress Whalebone is sold in lengths varying between 27 in. and 54 in.

1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. xi. 390 At a Christmas party, [she] acted any part—that depended on whalebone [i.e. stays]—admirably.

a. A strip of whalebone, esp. used as stiffening in women's stays, dresses, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening > whalebone > strip of

bone1595

whalebone1601

fin1634

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iv. sig. F4 Oh I could crack my Whalebones, breake my Buske, to think what laughter may arise from this.

a1635 R. Corbet Iter Boreale in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 13 She was barr'd up in Whale-bones that did leese None of the Whales length, for they reach'd her knees.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 107 If they fish with a Cane or Whale~bone.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 370 Fans clap, Silks russle, and tough Whalebones crack.

1871 Figure Training 106 In order to insure a good fit, and to keep it perfectly in place, the busk in front, and the whalebones behind, are made somewhat longer than the present fashion.

b. A riding-whip of whalebone.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip

wandc1400

rod?a1475

riding rod?a1549

switch1597

quirka1616

whippet1616

shambrier1667

horsewhipa1691

whip-stick1782

lash-whip1787

flogger1789

string1839

nagaika1842

whalebone1842

quirt1845

switcher1847

ash-plant1850

hunting-crop1857

dick1864

bow-whip1890

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii Smarting under a sense of injury and whalebone.

1867 A. L. Gordon Sea Spray 145 Ha! there goes Fred's whalebone a flanker.

4. The jawbone of a whale. (Cf. German walfischbein.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > parts of > bones of mouth

whalebone1834

pan1884

1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 17 Where 'twixt the whalebones the widow [sc. Maria Hollingsworth, a German by birth] sat down, Who forsook the Black forest to dwell in the brown.

5. as adj. Stiffened with strips of whalebone; made of or containing whalebone; also figurative, ‘stiff’, affected.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]

taunt?a1534

cocket1537

fastuous?1591

cobbing1599

whalebone1602

airy1606

fastigious1625

flatuous1630

high and mighty1633

vapouring1647

flatulent1658

hoity-toity1690

jackanapish1696

superior1711

penseful1788

uppish1789

pensy1790

stuck-up1812

glorified1821

toploftical1823

pretentious1832

sophomoric1837

highty-tighty1847

snippy1848

jumped-up1852

set-up1856

toplofty1859

cock-aloft1861

high-tone1864

high-toned1866

pretensivea1868

fancy-pants1870

hunched1870

snotty1870

head-in-air1880

uppity1880

jackanapsian1881

airified1882

sidey1898

posh1914

upstage1918

snooty1919

high-hatted1924

hincty1924

snot-nosed1941

posho1989

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > stiffening

whalebone1602

whaleboneda1634

stiffen-bodied1705

boned1871

well-boned1871

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid > stiffened > by specific means

whalebone1602

whaleboneda1634

tamped1875

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective]

streiche?a1513

fustian1523

nipping1568

fashionative1584

affected1598

affectate1599

affecting1600

snufflinga1640

whalebone1801

stiltish1824

stilty1845

posturing1851

greenery-yallery1881

mee-mawing1886

meemaw1898

faisandé1912

twee1956

nerdy1960

pseud1962

pseudo1964

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster ii. i. sig. C^v Your Whale-bone Bodies.

1603 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 31 Ane par of quhallbon bodis.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 193 And to that end..shut up their Wastes in a Whale-bone prison.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Nov. (1948) II. 409 Have you got the whale-bone petticoats amongst you yet?..a woman here may hide a moderate gallant under them.

17.. in Lyra Elegant. (1867) l. 3 Last Sunday at St. James's prayers I, drest in all my whale-bone airs.

1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 144 A few words in defence of sacks, long waists, and whalebone stays.

1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 115 A plentiful stock of whims, and oddities, and whalebone habits.

1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark lxviii To make his bow before the world in the picturesque long robe and whalebone wig which everyone of taste admires.

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 382 A light umbrella was one not made with whalebone ribs.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

whalebone-cutter n.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other animal materials > [noun] > with whalebone

whalebone-cutter1761

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 672 Philip Benton, of Gainsborough,..whalebone-cutter and merchant.

whalebone-kind n.

1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. i. iii. 331 Great whales of the Baleen, or whale bone kind.

whalebone-man n.

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xlii. 31 in Wks. (1640) III The whale-bone man That quilts those bodies, I have leave to span.

C2.

whalebone-hair n. the hairy fringe of whalebone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > member of > whalebone and surrounding parts

whale-horn1562

whalebone1604

whale-fin1612

blade1803

whalebone-hair1820

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > bone > whalebone > hairy fringe of

whalebone-hair1820

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 451 Large shreds of old thin canvas, whalebone-hair, and a quantity of ashes.

whalebone-tree n. an Australian urticaceous tree, Pseudomorus brunoniana.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs

burrawang1826

water gum1826

kaikomako1832

karaka1834

kawa-kawa1838

peppermint1838

bottle tree1844

ngaio1849

Grevillea1853

red birch1853

wooden pear1860

muskwood1866

sugar-tree1866

tulip-tree1866

hop-bush1883

mock orange1884

mountain beech1884

sage tree1884

tile-seed1884

mutton-bird scrub1889

red birch1889

silver-tree1889

whalebone-tree1889

budda1890

camphor laurel1894

pepperbush1895

mustard bush1898

willow myrtle1898

pigeon wood1899

horizontal scrub1909

turkey-bush1911

pandani1923

mock orange1929

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 591 Pseudomorus Brunoniana,..called Whalebone Tree in Southern New South Wales.

whalebone-whale n. a whale of the family Balænidæ, having plates of whalebone developed from the palate instead of teeth; a right whale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale)

right whale1726

whalebone-whale1726

1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 256 The Right or Whalebone Whale is a large Fish, measuring sixty or seventy Feet in Length.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 272/2 The Toothless or Whalebone Whales.

Derivatives

whaleboned adj.

/ˈhweɪlbəʊnd/ stiffened with whalebone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > stiffening

whalebone1602

whaleboneda1634

stiffen-bodied1705

boned1871

well-boned1871

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid > stiffened > by specific means

whalebone1602

whaleboneda1634

tamped1875

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing parts of clothing

purfledc1400

weltedc1507

blue1600

buttoned1604

cockaded1713

epauletted1810

shoulder-knotted1812

plumigerous1827

white-favoured1847

buttony1848

scale-shouldered1849

pointed1904

whaleboned1908

ruffly1909

ruched1923

a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 15^v Such whale-boand bodied rascalls.

1835 Court Mag. 6 p. vii/2 A mantelet..whale~boned in such a manner as to prevent it from crushing the dress.

1908 E. Wharton Hermit & Wild Woman iv. 150 A laced, whaleboned, frizzle-headed, high-heeled daughter of iniquity.

ˈwhaleboning n. a beating with a piece of whalebone (sense 3).

ΘΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whalebone

whaleboning1851

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxi. 142 Only a whaleboning that he gave me—not a base kick.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whalebone
释义	whalebonen. Brit. /ˈweɪlbəʊn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)weɪlˌboʊn/ Forms: see whale n. and bone n.¹; also Middle English huelbon, 1600s whelbone, whalbone, whealbone, quhallbon; (in sense 1) whales bone, etc. †1. Ivory from the walrus or some similar animal confused with the whale: chiefly in white as whale's bone. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > parts of whalebonec1275 flipper1822 snotter1832 the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone white as whale's bonec1275 ivorya1586 ivory-white1595 eburnean1656 eburnine1822 bone-coloured1837 bone-white1850 ivorine1888 ivoried1890 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1182 Þe walles of stone þe duren of whales bone [c1300 Otho wales bone]. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 40 A wayle whyt ase whalles bon. a1400 Sqr. lowe Degre 537 Lady, as whyte as whales bone. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 212 Her ble more blaȝt þen whallez bon. 1467 T. Daverse in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 379 But yef ye purposed to falle hastely in my Lady Anne P. lappe, as white as whales bon, &c. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. B.iij^v An hundred steppis mountyng to the halle One of iasper a nother of whalis bone. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 138 Hir Mouth so small, hir Teeth so white as any Whale his bone. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. I4 Legges as white as whales bone. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 332 This is the floure that smyles on euery one. To shew his teeth as white as Whales bone. 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. iv. 162 Her hands were white, as Whale his bone. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. i. 150 Purer than white whales' bone. β. a1400 Coer de L. 62 All it was whyt of huel-bon.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 172 Towngis now ar maid of quhite quhale bone, And hartis ar maid of hard flynt stone.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3055 Alse qwyte & qwem as any qwalle bon. 2. The elastic horny substance which grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of certain whales in place of teeth; baleen: used esp. for stiffening parts of the dress, etc.Formerly supposed to be obtained from the whale's fins. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening > whalebone whalebone1604 boning1891 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > member of > whalebone and surrounding parts whale-horn1562 whalebone1604 whale-fin1612 blade1803 whalebone-hair1820 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > bone > whalebone baleenc1325 whale-horn1562 whalebone1604 fin1634 1604 Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 107 For whelbone to ye bodes ix^d. 1613 Voy. Spitzbergen in Archaeologia Americana (1860) 4 311 They cut of his head, containing his toung and his finnes, commonlie called whalbone. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶4 A Female who is thus invested in Whale-bone is sufficiently secured against the Approaches of an ill-bred Fellow. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶8 The Petticoat has no Whale-bone. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 457 Fifteen feet is the greatest length of the whalebone. 1878 J. W. Hayes Draper & Haberdasher (ed. 4) 87 Stay Whale~bone is prepared and cut into suitable lengths for corsets. 1878 J. W. Hayes Draper & Haberdasher (ed. 4) 87 Dress Whalebone is sold in lengths varying between 27 in. and 54 in. 1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. xi. 390 At a Christmas party, [she] acted any part—that depended on whalebone [i.e. stays]—admirably. 3. a. A strip of whalebone, esp. used as stiffening in women's stays, dresses, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening > whalebone > strip of bone1595 whalebone1601 fin1634 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iv. sig. F4 Oh I could crack my Whalebones, breake my Buske, to think what laughter may arise from this. a1635 R. Corbet Iter Boreale in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 13 She was barr'd up in Whale-bones that did leese None of the Whales length, for they reach'd her knees. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 107 If they fish with a Cane or Whale~bone. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 370 Fans clap, Silks russle, and tough Whalebones crack. 1871 Figure Training 106 In order to insure a good fit, and to keep it perfectly in place, the busk in front, and the whalebones behind, are made somewhat longer than the present fashion. b. A riding-whip of whalebone. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip wandc1400 rod?a1475 riding rod?a1549 switch1597 quirka1616 whippet1616 shambrier1667 horsewhipa1691 whip-stick1782 lash-whip1787 flogger1789 string1839 nagaika1842 whalebone1842 quirt1845 switcher1847 ash-plant1850 hunting-crop1857 dick1864 bow-whip1890 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii Smarting under a sense of injury and whalebone. 1867 A. L. Gordon Sea Spray 145 Ha! there goes Fred's whalebone a flanker. 4. The jawbone of a whale. (Cf. German walfischbein.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > parts of > bones of mouth whalebone1834 pan1884 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 17 Where 'twixt the whalebones the widow [sc. Maria Hollingsworth, a German by birth] sat down, Who forsook the Black forest to dwell in the brown. 5. as adj. Stiffened with strips of whalebone; made of or containing whalebone; also figurative, ‘stiff’, affected. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > stiffening whalebone1602 whaleboneda1634 stiffen-bodied1705 boned1871 well-boned1871 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid > stiffened > by specific means whalebone1602 whaleboneda1634 tamped1875 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] streiche?a1513 fustian1523 nipping1568 fashionative1584 affected1598 affectate1599 affecting1600 snufflinga1640 whalebone1801 stiltish1824 stilty1845 posturing1851 greenery-yallery1881 mee-mawing1886 meemaw1898 faisandé1912 twee1956 nerdy1960 pseud1962 pseudo1964 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster ii. i. sig. C^v Your Whale-bone Bodies. View more context for this quotation 1603 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 31 Ane par of quhallbon bodis. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 193 And to that end..shut up their Wastes in a Whale-bone prison. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Nov. (1948) II. 409 Have you got the whale-bone petticoats amongst you yet?..a woman here may hide a moderate gallant under them. 17.. in Lyra Elegant. (1867) l. 3 Last Sunday at St. James's prayers I, drest in all my whale-bone airs. 1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 144 A few words in defence of sacks, long waists, and whalebone stays. 1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 115 A plentiful stock of whims, and oddities, and whalebone habits. 1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark lxviii To make his bow before the world in the picturesque long robe and whalebone wig which everyone of taste admires. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 382 A light umbrella was one not made with whalebone ribs. Compounds C1. General attributive. whalebone-cutter n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other animal materials > [noun] > with whalebone whalebone-cutter1761 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 672 Philip Benton, of Gainsborough,..whalebone-cutter and merchant. whalebone-kind n. Π 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. i. iii. 331 Great whales of the Baleen, or whale bone kind. whalebone-man n. Π a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xlii. 31 in Wks. (1640) III The whale-bone man That quilts those bodies, I have leave to span. C2. whalebone-hair n. the hairy fringe of whalebone. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > member of > whalebone and surrounding parts whale-horn1562 whalebone1604 whale-fin1612 blade1803 whalebone-hair1820 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > bone > whalebone > hairy fringe of whalebone-hair1820 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 451 Large shreds of old thin canvas, whalebone-hair, and a quantity of ashes. whalebone-tree n. an Australian urticaceous tree, Pseudomorus brunoniana. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 591 Pseudomorus Brunoniana,..called Whalebone Tree in Southern New South Wales. whalebone-whale n. a whale of the family Balænidæ, having plates of whalebone developed from the palate instead of teeth; a right whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) right whale1726 whalebone-whale1726 1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 256 The Right or Whalebone Whale is a large Fish, measuring sixty or seventy Feet in Length. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 272/2 The Toothless or Whalebone Whales. Derivatives whaleboned adj. /ˈhweɪlbəʊnd/ stiffened with whalebone. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > stiffening whalebone1602 whaleboneda1634 stiffen-bodied1705 boned1871 well-boned1871 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid > stiffened > by specific means whalebone1602 whaleboneda1634 tamped1875 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing parts of clothing purfledc1400 weltedc1507 blue1600 buttoned1604 cockaded1713 epauletted1810 shoulder-knotted1812 plumigerous1827 white-favoured1847 buttony1848 scale-shouldered1849 pointed1904 whaleboned1908 ruffly1909 ruched1923 a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 15^v Such whale-boand bodied rascalls. 1835 Court Mag. 6 p. vii/2 A mantelet..whale~boned in such a manner as to prevent it from crushing the dress. 1908 E. Wharton Hermit & Wild Woman iv. 150 A laced, whaleboned, frizzle-headed, high-heeled daughter of iniquity. ˈwhaleboning n. a beating with a piece of whalebone (sense 3). ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whalebone whaleboning1851 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxi. 142 Only a whaleboning that he gave me—not a base kick. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1275
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