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grax

grax noun: the waste left at the end of the whaling process.

Noun

grax (uncountable)

  1. (Antarctica) The waste left at the end of the whaling process.
    • But then he lost his footing when he hit the deck, and sprawled flat in a puddle of stinking grax, a foul mixture of blood, grease, and swill.1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., page 84

Forms of grax

alternative formgraks

Origin of grax

Early 20th century. From Norwegian Nynorsk grakse (“residue from the production of fish or whale oil”), from Norwegian Nynorsk dragse (“residue”), from Old Norse dregg. Doublet of dreg.

Questions about grax

What does grax mean?
Grax means the waste left at the end of the whaling process.
What part of speech is grax?
Grax is a noun.

Words near grax in the dictionary

  1. Grawin Opal Fields
  2. grawl
  3. grawlix
  4. grawlixes
  5. grawls
  6. grax
  7. gray
  8. gray ace
  9. gray alien
  10. gray aliens
  11. gray amber

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