Both Uses of
stature
in
Moby Dick
- His voice at once announced that he was a Southerner, and from his fine stature, I thought he must be one of those tall mountaineers from the Alleghanian Ridge in Virginia.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- Relieved against the ghostly light, the gigantic jet negro, Daggoo, loomed up to thrice his real stature, and seemed the black cloud from which the thunder had come.†
Chpt 118-120
Definition:
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(stature) a person's height
or:
a high level of respect gained by impressive achievement