Both Uses of
rapt
in
Moby Dick
- That office consists in mincing the horse-pieces of blubber for the pots; an operation which is conducted at a curious wooden horse, planted endwise against the bulwarks, and with a capacious tub beneath it, into which the minced pieces drop, fast as the sheets from a rapt orator's desk.†
Chpt 94-96
- In what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will never weary?†
Chpt 112-114 *
Definition:
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(rapt as in: rapt attention) deeply interested and focused (on something) -- often while admiring