Both Uses of
disperse
in
Moby Dick
- The baleen, hump, back-fin, and teeth; these are things whose peculiarities are indiscriminately dispersed among all sorts of whales, without any regard to what may be the nature of their structure in other and more essential particulars.†
Chpt 31-33
- Once more, and finally, the replenished pewter went the rounds among the frantic crew; when, waving his free hand to them, they all dispersed; and Ahab retired within his cabin.†
Chpt 34-36 *
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread