Both Uses of
barter
in
Moby Dick
- The ship, however, was by no means a large one: a Russian craft built on the Siberian coast, and purchased by my uncle after bartering away the vessel in which he sailed from home.†
Chpt 43-45 *
- Not only had barrels of beef and bread been given away to make room for the far more valuable sperm, but additional supplemental casks had been bartered for, from the ships she had met; and these were stowed along the deck, and in the captain's and officers' state-rooms.†
Chpt 115-117
Definition:
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(barter) to trade things of value without involving money