Harpooneer
11vum — 1. verb /vʌm/ To vow, swear. I vum its Sundayyou wont see that harpooneer to night; hes come to anchor somewherecome along then; DO come; WONT ye come? 2. interjection /vʌm/ An exclamation of surprise …
12bedward — adverb Toward bed. Besides, it was getting late, and my decent harpooneer ought to be home and going bedwards …
13unsay — verb a) To withdraw, retract (something said). And in the first place, you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad [...]. b) To not have said (since …
14Wampanoag people — For other uses, see Wampanoag (disambiguation). Wampanoag Total population 2000+ Regions with signifi …
15Moby-Dick (opera) — Operas by Jake Heggie Dead Man Walking (2000) The End of the Affair (2004) Last Acts (2008) Moby Dick (2010) v · d …
16harpoon — {{11}}harpoon (n.) 1610s, from Fr. harpon, from O.Fr. harpon cramp iron, clamp, clasp (described as a mason s tool for fastening stones together), from harper to grapple, grasp, possibly of Germanic origin, or from L. harpa hook (Cf. harpagonem… …
17harpooner — n. Harpooneer …
18shipmate — One of the more interesting uses of this vocative in literature occurs in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Ishmael attends the Whalemen’s Chapel in New Bedford and hears the sermon delivered by Father Mapple, a former sailor and harpooneer turned… …
19skilled worker — noun a worker who has acquired special skills (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑trained worker, ↑skilled workman • Hypernyms: ↑worker • Hyponyms: ↑aquanaut, ↑ …
20skilled workman — noun a worker who has acquired special skills • Syn: ↑skilled worker, ↑trained worker • Hypernyms: ↑worker • Hyponyms: ↑aquanaut, ↑oceanaut, ↑armorer, ↑ …
