Chapter 30 - The Pipe — Vocabulary
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 30 - The Pipe
- bulwarks
- The sides of a ship above the upper deck, serving as a protective railing or barrier.
- binnacle
- A stand or housing on a ship's deck that holds the compass and a lamp for reading it at night.
- fabricated
- Constructed or manufactured; built from raw materials.
- saith
- An archaic third-person singular form of "says."
- narwhale
- An alternate historical spelling of narwhal; an Arctic whale with a long, spiraling tusk projecting from its upper jaw.
- tripod
- A three-legged stand or support; here referring to Ahab's ivory stool with three legs.
- bethinking
- To cause oneself to consider or reflect upon; to call to mind.
- Leviathans
- Enormous sea creatures; in this context, whales. From the biblical Leviathan, a great sea monster.
- soliloquized
- Spoke one's thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of any hearers; delivered a soliloquy.
- sereneness
- The quality or state of being serene; calmness, tranquility, peacefulness.
- lurchingly
- In a lurching manner; moving with unsteady, swaying, or staggering motion.
- vapors
- Visible substances diffused in the air, such as smoke, mist, or steam.