blubber-room

And thus the work proceeds; the two tackles hoisting and lowering simultaneously; both whale and windlass heaving, the heavers singing, the blubber-room gentlemen coiling, the mates scarfing, the ship straining, and all hands swearing occasionally, by way of assuaging the general friction.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

But to learn all about these recondite matters, your best way is at once to descend into the blubber-room, and have a long talk with its inmates.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

The heavers forward now resume their song, and while the one tackle is peeling and hoisting a second strip from the whale, the other is slowly slackened away, and down goes the first strip through the main hatchway right beneath, into an unfurnished parlor called the blubber-room.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Two men were now told off as "blubber-room men," whose duty it became to go below, and squeezing themselves in as best they could between the greasy masses of fat, cut it up into "horse-pieces" about eighteen inches long and six inches square.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

As the stuff was gained, it was poured into large tanks in the blubber-room, the quantity being too great to be held by the try-pots at once.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

While some of the men were down in the blubber-room cutting the "blanket-pieces", as the largest masses are called, others were pitching the smaller pieces on deck, where they were seized by two men who stood near a block of wood, called a "horse", with a mincing knife, to slash the junks so as to make them melt easily.

Fighting the Whales 1859

While some of the men were down in the blubber-room cutting the "blanket-pieces," as the largest masses are called, others were pitching the smaller pieces on deck, where they were seized by two men who stood near a block of wood, called

Fighting the Whales 1859

It was cut off close to the deck, and lowered into the blubber-room, where the two men stationed there attacked it with knives, cut it into smaller pieces, and stowed it away.

Fighting the Whales 1859

It was lowered into the blubber-room between decks, where a couple of men were stationed to stow the blubber away.

Fighting the Whales 1859

It was cut off close to the deck, and lowered into the blubber-room, where the two men stationed there attacked it with knives, cut it into smaller pieces, and stowed it away.

Fighting the Whales 1859