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soiler
[dial. var. of sealer]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a ship engaged in hunting seals.
See: seal hunter(def. 2)
Quotations
1842
From the middle of February until November, they are fully occupied in attending to the fisheries, the fitment of the seal fishing vessels or soilers, as they are vernacularly called, beginning early in the year.