whalery

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noun

A whale fishery.

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Meanings

nounwhalery (plural whaleries)

plural whaleries

  1. A whale fishery.

    David Lillies testified that the whalery had ill success because Dubrois took the sloop up the River and the whale was consequently lost.

    1897, Lewis Townsend Stevens, The History of Cape May County, New Jersey

Origin

From whale + -ery.

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APA

whalery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalery

MLA

“whalery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whalery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalery.

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