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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A long-handled instrument with iron shank and cast-steel blade, belonging to the cutting-gear used by whalers in cutting in a whale. It is heavier than the cutting-spade, and is employed in cutting the bone which connects the whale's head to the body. Also called
head-cracker .
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whaling terms
Terms defined in the glossary of Clifford W. Ashley's "Yankee Whaler".
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