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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XXXIX · First Night-Watch

First Night-Watch, section 1: FORE-TOP. (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.) Ha! ha! ha!
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FORE-TOP.
(Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)
Ha!
ha!
ha!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XXXIX · First Night-Watch

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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FORE-TOP.
Line 2
(Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)
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Ha!
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ha!
Line 5
ha!

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

mending noun US /ˈmendɪŋ/

garments that must be repaired

From this reading “(Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)”

Collocations
FORE-TOP StubbA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
Stubb solusA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
All words in this reading · 8

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)

brace

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From this reading (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)

FORE-TOP

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From this reading FORE-TOP.

Ha

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From this reading Ha!

mendingnounUS /ˈmendɪŋ/

garments that must be repaired

From this reading (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)

solus

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From this reading (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)

Stubb

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From this reading (Stubb solus, and mending a brace.)