All 3 Uses of
tribute
in
Moby Dick
- But while they freely waive a ceremonial like this, they do by no means renounce their claim to more solid tribute.†
Chpt 85-87 *
- Time out of mind the piratical proas of the Malays, lurking among the low shaded coves and islets of Sumatra, have sallied out upon the vessels sailing through the straits, fiercely demanding tribute at the point of their spears.†
Chpt 85-87
- Among many other fine qualities, my royal friend Tranquo, being gifted with a devout love for all matters of barbaric vertu, had brought together in Pupella whatever rare things the more ingenious of his people could invent; chiefly carved woods of wonderful devices, chiselled shells, inlaid spears, costly paddles, aromatic canoes; and all these distributed among whatever natural wonders, the wonder-freighted, tribute-rendering waves had cast upon his shores.†
Chpt 100-102
Definition:
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(tribute as in: demanded they pay tribute) payment by one nation for protection by another;
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence