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Hump
·noun A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. II. Hump ·noun A protube...

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hump
To hump; once a fashionable word for copulation. ...

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hump
n. a long walk with a swag on one's back. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. 3, p. 46: «W...

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Backed
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Back>>. II. Backed ·adj Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrot...

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backed
Dead. He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six m...

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Whale
·noun Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of whic...

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Whale
The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V., "sea-monster"). It ...

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whale
A general term for various marine animals of the order Cetacea, including the most colossal of all a...

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Whale
As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Ver...

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Hump-shouldered
·adj Having high, hunched shoulders. ...

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hump, to
v. to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...

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Broken-backed
·adj Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. II. Broken-backed ·adj Hogged; so weakened in...

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Bunch-backed
·adj Having a bunch on the back; crooked. ...

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Camel-backed
·adj Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. ...

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Huckle-backed
·adj Round-shoulded. ...

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Lute-backed
·adj Having a curved spine. ...

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Razor-backed
·adj Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, ·etc. ...

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Roach-backed
·adj Having a back like that of roach; — said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave c...

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Round-backed
·adj Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered. ...

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Saddle-backed
·adj Having a low back and high neck, as a horse. II. Saddle-backed ·adj Having the outline of the ...

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Stiff-backed
·adj <<Obstinate>>. ...

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Sway-backed
·adj Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; — ...

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crump-backed
Hump-backed. ...

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hunch-backed
Hump-backed. ...

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broken-backed
The state of a ship so loosened in her frame, either by age, weakness, or some great strain from gro...

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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...

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Sperm whale
·- A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper ja...

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black whale
The name by which the right whale of the south seas (Balæna australis) is often known to whalemen. ...

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fin-whale
See finner. ...

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gallan whale
The largest whale which visits the Hebrides. ...

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greenland whale
See right whale. ...

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right whale
A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and...

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furrowed whale
See rorqual ...

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sperm whale
Otherwise known as the cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus. A large cetacean, belonging to the divisi...

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whale-bird
A beautiful little bird seen hovering in flocks over the Southern Ocean, in search of the small crus...

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whale-boat
A boat varying from 26 to 56 feet in length, and from 4 to 10 feet beam, sharp at both ends, and adm...

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whale-calf
The young whale. ...

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whale-fisheries
The places at which the capture of whales, or "whale-fishery," is carried on. The principal are the ...

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bottle-nosed whale
See bottle-nose ...

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japanese whale-boat
A long, open, and sharp rowing-boat of Japan. ...

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