Both Uses of
convex
in
Moby Dick
- This august hump, if I mistake not, rises over one of the larger vertebrae, and is, therefore, in some sort, the outer convex mould of it.†
Chpt 79-81 *
- They keep a Whale's Rib of an incredible length for a Miracle, which lying upon the Ground with its convex part uppermost, makes an Arch, the Head of which cannot be reached by a Man upon a Camel's Back.†
Chpt 103-105
Definition:
angled or curving outward