We know men that are so lethargic they would have given the matter up, and lain down so quietly that in a few hours they would have gone into Flukes and fish bones, blow-holes and blubber.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
Next moment the Flukes came down on the part of the boat he had just left, and cut it clean off; the other part was driven into the waves, and the men were left swimming in the water.
"Fighting the Whales"
R.M. Ballantyne
Turning quickly round, we saw the Flukes of an enormous whale sweeping through the air not more than six hundred yards astern of us.
"Fighting the Whales"
R.M. Ballantyne