Crossword-Solution: WHALING
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Whaling | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Whala |
| Whaling | n. | The hunting of whales. |
| Whaling | a. | Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “WHALING”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| "Moby-Dick" subject | 1 answer |
| The hunting of massive marine mammals for oil and blubber | 1 answer |
| Ahab activity | 1 answer |
| Near-extinct industry. | 1 answer |
| hunting of whales for food and oil | 1 answer |
| Good beating | 2 answers |
| BEATING BADLY | 10 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "WHALING"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Dermatological complaint
?
E
?
C
?
Z
?
E
?
M
?
A
Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEMAEC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
14 +1
New Suggestion for "WHALING"
Related word tools
Sentences with WHALING (5)
Rodney French, a wealthy and enterprising citizen, distinguished as an anti-slavery man, was fitting out a vessel for a whaling voyage, upon which there was a heavy job of calking and coppering to be done.
Men talked here of going whaling on a four _years’_ voyage with more coolness than sailors where I came from talked of going a four _months’_ voyage.
Whaling, for instance, had not yet been entered upon; the joys of exploration, and strange inland cities innocent of the white man, still awaited me; and the book of wrecks and rescues was not yet even opened.
Milne thinks that he has devoted himself to whaling simply for the reason that it is the most dangerous occupation which he could select, and that he courts death in every possible manner.
There was the point near by the creek where he and Moran first landed to fill the water-casks and to gather abalones; the creek itself, where he had snared quail; the sand spit with its whitened whale's skull, where he and Moran had beached the schooner; and there, last of all, that spot of black over which still hung a haze of brown-gray smoke, the charred ruins of the old Portuguese whaling-cabin, where they had outfought the beach-combers.
Quotes with WHALING (3)
In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually the circle of protection expanded, but as recently as 150 years ago we did not include blacks. So African human beings could be captured, shipped to America, and sold. In Australia white settlers regarded Aborigines as a pest and hunted them down, much as kangaroos are hunted down t…
The heroic and often tragic stories of American whalemen were renowned. They sailed the world’s oceans and brought back tales filled with bravery, perseverance, endurance, and survival. They mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, sang, spun yarns, scrimshawed, and recorded their musings and observations in journals and letters. They survived boredom, backbreaking work, tempestuous seas, floggings, pirates, putrid food, and unimaginable cold. Enemies preyed on them in ti…
Though I cannot tell why it was exactly that those stage managers, the Fates, put me down for this shabby part of a whaling voyage, when others were set down for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and short and easy parts in genteel comedies, and jolly parts in faces — though I cannot tell why this was exactly; yet, now that I recall all the circumstances, I think I can see a little into the springs and motives which being cunningly presented to me under various disguises, …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1967–2023).