blubber

1) The fat of whales and other cetaceans, from which train oil is obtained (OED).

1601-2 the wellinge [rendering?] of all blubbers and the buying of all oyle coming in fisshers, Scarborough. This was an extract from a lease and its renewal the following year referred to the levying of all blubber and livers and other refuse ... fitt for the making of trayne oil.

places Scarborough
dates 1601-1602 1602-1603

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