Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In shore-whaling, a place where the try-works are located.
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Examples
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Born in 1818 on the remote whaling-station of Nantucket, Maria had a Quaker upbringing, where her scientific interests were encouraged by her schoolmaster father.
The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010
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A course was laid for Royal Sound, where we supposed the whaling-station to be situated.
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As Kerguelen Island lay almost directly in the course we intended to follow, it was decided for several reasons that we should call there, and pay a visit to the Norwegian whaling-station.
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A course was laid for Royal Sound, where we supposed the whaling-station to be situated.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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As Kerguelen Island lay almost directly in the course we intended to follow, it was decided for several reasons that we should call there, and pay a visit to the Norwegian whaling-station.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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He might have a difficult task if we failed to reach the whaling-station.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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We could not see very much of the country that we would have to cross in order to reach the whaling-station on the other side of the island.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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We were still 150 miles away from Stromness whaling-station by sea.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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Bay was employed in a whaling-station on the Three Kings Islands, and there they became infected and carried the disease to the mainland.
Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health
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As Kerguelen Island lay almost directly in the course we intended to follow, it was decided for several reasons that we should call there, and pay a visit to the Norwegian whaling-station.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Roald Amundsen 1900
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