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(nautical) The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler (whaling ship) when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.

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there she blows

Source Word

there she blows

Phrase

Japanese Meaning

捕鯨船の見張りが、クジラが水しぶきを上げて浮上した際に発する伝統的な呼び掛け。 / 海上で捕鯨に従事する際、クジラの存在を知らせるために用いられる決まった表現。

From the crow's-nest the lookout cried, 'there she blows,' and the captain ordered the boat lowered.

見張り台から見張りが『あそこだ、鯨が潮を吹いている！』と叫び、船長は小舟を下ろすよう命じた。

Sense（1）

"There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!"

"Where-away?"

"On the lee-beam, about two miles off! a school of them!"