The Only Use of
climax
in
Moby Dick
- The first, to begin from the neck, was nearly six feet long; the second, third, and fourth were each successively longer, till you came to the climax of the fifth, or one of the middle ribs, which measured eight feet and some inches.†
Chpt 103-105
Definition:
the most exciting or important part of a story, musical piece, or other thing that has a series of events