(humorous) The act of taking, or an action taken against someone or something, ostensibly in retaliation for another act that has not yet been committed; pre-emptive action characterized as revenge.

(dated) A male given name from French. / A female given name from French, simplified spelling of the feminine form Esmée

plural of wassailer

A whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus), the largest of the toothed whales. / Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.