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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In whaling, a heavy chain, about 15 feet, long, with a large triangular loose link or ring at one end and a small ring at the other, used for raising the fin and the head of the first blanket-piece from a whale. Some fin-chains have a loose ring shackled to them for the blubber-hook.
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