The whale's blubber; as well as the part of the hold into which it is thrown before being barrelled up.
·noun The act of <<Flinching>>. II. Flinch ·vi To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In ship-building. (See snape, to.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. II. Gut ·vt To take out the bowels from; to ...
A somewhat coarse term for the main part of a strait or channel, as the Gut of Gibraltar, Gut of Can...
·noun A <<Glutton>>. ...
A fiddler. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Small beer; called beer-a-bumble--will burst one's guts before it will make one tumble. ...
A term applied to the sea-laces or Fucus filum. (See sea-catgut.) ...
The blubber of a whale laid out in long slices. ...
A miserly purser. ...
The short allowance money. ...