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Whaleback
- - A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.
Whaleboat
- noun - a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas
Whalebone
- noun - a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
Wharf Rat
- noun - brown rat that infests wharves
- someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
Wharfages
- noun - a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Woadwaxen
- noun - small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
Wranglers
- noun - (at Cambridge University, England) a person placed in the first class in the mathematics tripos.
- a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
- someone who argues noisily or angrily
Wrangling
- verb - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
- to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
Wrappings
- noun - an enveloping bandage
- the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
Wrathless
- - Free from anger or wrath.