All 4 Uses of
craven
in
Moby Dick
- For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land!†
Chpt 22-24 *
- A happy-go-lucky; neither craven nor valiant; taking perils as they came with an indifferent air; and while engaged in the most imminent crisis of the chase, toiling away, calm and collected as a journeyman joiner engaged for the year.†
Chpt 25-27
- But thou sayest, methinks that white-lead chapter about whiteness is but a white flag hung out from a craven soul; thou surrenderest to a hypo, Ishmael.†
Chpt 40-42
- Accursed fate! that the unconquerable captain in the soul should have such a craven mate!†
Chpt 133-135
Definition:
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(craven) exceedingly cowardly; or someone who is exceedingly cowardly