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Whalebone
Whalebone Whale"bone`, n. A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen. Note: Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead, or Greenland, whale, the Biscay whale, and the Antarctic, or southern, whale. It is prepared for manufacture by being softened by boiling, and dyed black.

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- Jones, Nick. "Wood Street's whalebones - 75 years in situ". Barnetsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2018. "Save Whalebones Park". Whalbonespark.com....
- Whalebone (1807 – 6 February 1831) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1810 Epsom Derby and was a successful sire of racehorses and broodmares...
- Whalebone or baleen is a filter-feeder system inside the mouths of baleen whales. Whalebone may also refer to: Whalebone (album), by Marc Douglas Berardo...
- weigh up to 90 kg (200 lb). Its hairy fringes are called baleen hair or whalebone hair. They are also called baleen bristles, which in sei whales are highly...
- Whalebone is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2022...
- name of the vineyard derives from the large calcareous rocks laden with whalebones and other marine mammal fossils in the soil, remnants of the Miocene geological...
- Whalebone is the sixth studio release Marc Douglas Berardo. All songs were written by Berardo except "My Mistakes", which was co-written with Abbie Gardner...
- The Whalebone was an eatery on Lothbury in the City of London that was a meeting place for the Leveller movement in the mid 17th century. The Levellers...
- Baleen whales (/bəˈliːn/), also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and...
- wrote: So burn up the corsets! No, nor do you save the whalebones. You will never need whalebones again. Make a bonfire of the cruel steels that has lorded...