whaling

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whala \Whala\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Whaling}.] [Cf. {Wale}. ]
   To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub. [Prov.
   Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] --Halliwell. Bartlett.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whaling \Whal"ing\, n.
   The hunting of whales.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whaling \Whal"ing\, a.
   Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a
   whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "whaling":
      angling, banging, bumping, casting, colossal, dressing-down,
      enormous, fishery, fishing, fly fishing, gargantuan, gigantic,
      guddling, harpooning, hiding, immense, jigging, larruping,
      lathering, leathering, licking, mighty, paddling, piscation,
      prodigious, rod and reel, slapping, spanking, still-fishing,
      tanning, thumping, thundering, trawling, trolling, walloping,
      whacking, whopping

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