Both Uses of
shamble
in
Moby Dick
- The old black, not in any very high glee at having been previously roused from his warm hammock at a most unseasonable hour, came shambling along from his galley, for, like many old blacks, there was something the matter with his knee-pans, which he did not keep well scoured like his other pans; this old Fleece, as they called him, came shuffling and limping along, assisting his step with his tongs, which, after a clumsy fashion, were made of straightened iron hoops; this old Ebony…†
Chpt 64-66
- The ivory Pequod was turned into what seemed a shamble; every sailor a butcher.†
Chpt 67-69 *
Definition:
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(shamble as in: she shambled along) to walk in an awkward, shuffling way