All 3 Uses of
collateral
in
Moby Dick
- Though, consumed with the hot fire of his purpose, Ahab in all his thoughts and actions ever had in view the ultimate capture of Moby Dick; though he seemed ready to sacrifice all mortal interests to that one passion; nevertheless it may have been that he was by nature and long habituation far too wedded to a fiery whaleman's ways, altogether to abandon the collateral prosecution of the voyage.†
Chpt 46-48
- Like all sea-going ship carpenters, and more especially those belonging to whaling vessels, he was, to a certain off-handed, practical extent, alike experienced in numerous trades and callings collateral to his own; the carpenter's pursuit being the ancient and outbranching trunk of all those numerous handicrafts which more or less have to do with wood as an auxiliary material.†
Chpt 106-108
- Inferable from these statements, are many collateral subtile matters touching the chase of whales.†
Chpt 133-135 *
Definition:
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(collateral as in: collateral for a loan) something of value pledged for the repayment of a loan if it is not paid as planned