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.

捕鲸者的滚子是从鲸鱼尾巴变细的部分切下来的一条短而结实的腱质物；平均有一英寸厚，大小和锄头的锄板相仿。