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Definition of Fenks
1. n. The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue.
Definition of Fenks
1. Noun. The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fenks
1. the refuse of whale-blubber [n FENKS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fenks
Literary usage of Fenks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Arctic Regions: With a History and Description of the by William Scoresby (1820)
"V. Remarks an the Uses to which the Oil, fenks, Tails, Jaw-bones, Whalebone, and
other produce of Whales, are applicable. 1. Ot/.—The oil produced from the ..."
2. American Natural History by John Davidson Godman (1836)
"Many of the fritters or fenks (the refuse) float on the surface of the oil before
it is heated, but after it is boiled off, the whole, or nearly so, ..."
3. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1817)
"Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, from the committee on the Public Lands, made reports
on the petitions of Charles .fenks, of Charles Humphreys, and John Perrin, ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"The oil is expelled when heated ; and, in a great measure, discharges itself out
of the fenks, whenever putrefaction in the fibrous parts of the blubber ..."
5. Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley: Of ...by George Brinley, James Hammond Trumbull by George Brinley, James Hammond Trumbull (1886)
"2044 — fenks, Jos. Reply to W. Wilkinson, /7/9. 2360 — Mather, C. Essay upon. .
. . 1253 — Mather, I, Discourse concerning. . 967 Baptism; Mather I. First ..."
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