A whaleman's nipper is a short firm strip of tendinous stuff cut from the tapering part of Leviathan's tail: it averages an inch in thickness, and for the rest, is about the size of the iron part of a hoe.

捕鲸者滚子是从鲸鱼尾巴部分切来一结实腱质物；平均有一英寸厚，大小和锄头锄板相仿。