, or purchase.
Ropes rove through two large purchase-blocks at the mast-head of a whaler, and made fast to the blubber-guy, for hoisting the blubber from a whale.
·noun The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. II. Speck ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
When a ship is not flush, this is the term given to those risings of some parts of her decks (which ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See flense, to. ...
See spike-tackle. ...
The rope rove through purchase-blocks. ...