[f. WHALE sb. + -ERY.]

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  1.  The industry of whale-fishing, or the establishment for carrying it on.

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1683.  W. Penn, Lett. to Free Soc. Traders, 9. The Whalery [is conveniently posted] for a sound and fruitful Bank. Ibid. (1685), Furth. Acc. Pennsylv., 8. We justly hope a considerable profit by a Whalery.

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1878.  Susan Phillips, On Seaboard, 15. Since I sailed away to the whalery, When I was a bit of a lad.

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1899.  Daily News, 2 Dec., 6/4. South Sea whaleries.

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  2.  A tank to keep a whale in.

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a. 1880.  F. T. Buckland, Notes & Jottings (1882), 345. When the whale had been in his whalery about three hours, he had quite recovered himself both in mind and body.

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