whale

• Down it went a third time, and reappeared in quite an opposite direction from that in which it had been looked for This uncertainty in the movements of the whale was a matter of small moment to the occupiers of the light kayaks, but it told rather heavily on Leo in his clumsier boat. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
• But he repressed the inclination, and that gentleman went on to say When the boat of the Red Eric came up to the whale was the drogue still attached to it In coorse it was. —  The Red Eric
• "I had forgot that My conductor resumed as follows: "As I told you before, the whale is the staple of this island. —  The Pacha of Many Tales
• She was what they call a whale-boat, fitted for the whale-fishery, pointed at both ends, and steered by an oar; she was not very large, but held seven people comfortably, and she was remarkably well fitted with sails and masts, having two lugs and a mizen. —  The Little Savage
• It seemed to the boy as if he were never going to pull the trigger, but the old gunner knew the exact moment, and just as the whale was about to 'sound' the back heaved up slightly, revealing the absence of a dorsal fin, and thus determining that it was a devil-whale in truth; at that instant Hank fired With the sudden pang of the harpoon the whale gave an upward leap for a dive and plunged, throwing the flukes of the tail and almost a third of his body out of water, and sounded to the bottom, taking down line at a tremendous speed. —  The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries

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