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Definition
to soothe (make something less unpleasant or frightening)
- And thus the work proceeds; the two tackles hoisting and lowering simultaneously; both whale and windlass heaving, the heavers singing, the blubber-room gentlemen coiling, the mates scarfing, the ship straining, and all hands swearing occasionally, by way of assuaging the general friction.Chapters 67-69 -- Cutting In; The Blanket; The Funeral (31% in)
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