All 4 Uses of
genuine
in
Moby Dick
- I do not wish to seem inelegant, but this unsightly whale looks much like an amputated sow; and, as for the narwhale, one glimpse at it is enough to amaze one, that in this nineteenth century such a hippogriff could be palmed for genuine upon any intelligent public of schoolboys.†
Chpt 55-57
- Here be it known, that though these wild fishermen do not, as a general thing, and according to the great military maxim, make the enemy defray the current expenses of the war (at least before realizing the proceeds of the voyage), yet now and then you find some of these Nantucketers who have a genuine relish for that particular part of the Sperm Whale designated by Stubb; comprising the tapering extremity of the body.†
Chpt 64-66
- He goes and hunts for his oil, so as to be sure of its freshness and genuineness, even as the traveller on the prairie hunts up his own supper of game.†
Chpt 97-99 *
- But more I marvelled that the priests should swear that smoky jet of his was genuine.†
Chpt 100-102
Definition:
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(genuine) real (as when a person is sincere or an object is not a replica or fake)