Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large or coarse piece of blubber.
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Examples
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(which is the only fuel used) it is not chopped up in small pieces, but every "horse-piece" is very deeply scored as it were, leaving a thin strip to hold the slices together.
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886
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