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sculping
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
the process of removing the skin and adhering fat from a seal. See also sculp, n. and v.
Quotations
1883
This process is called "sculping"--a corruption, no doubt, of scalping
2n.
a similar process in whaling.
Quotations
1894
We were taken over to the oil house, where was moored a large whale, sixty-nine feet long, and already undergoing the process of sculping.
1897
On the approach of the vessel, the whale is made fast to her side, tail forward, so that the large open mouth will not fill with water in case of the advance of the ship, and the work of sculping is begun. This is done under the superintendence of an official called "the Inspectioneer."