Both Uses of
interpose
in
Moby Dick
- —and so saying I was unmethodically rushing up stairs again empty-handed, when Mrs. Hussey interposed the mustard-pot and vinegar-cruet, and the entire castor of her countenance.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- "Cook," here interposed Stubb, accompanying the word with a sudden slap on the shoulder,—"Cook! why, damn your eyes, you mustn't swear that way when you're preaching.†
Chpt 64-66
Definition:
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(interpose) to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others