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old-fashioned
or more rarely: appearing old
even more rarely: covered with fine whitish hairs or down
or more rarely: appearing old
even more rarely: covered with fine whitish hairs or down
- Leviathan maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.Extracts (9% in)
- "Speak, thou vast and venerable head," muttered Ahab, "which, though ungarnished with a beard, yet here and there lookest hoary with mosses; speak, mighty head, and tell us the secret thing that is in thee.Chapters 70-72 -- The Sphynx; The Jeroboam's Story; The Monkey-Rope (12% in)
There are no more uses of "hoary" in Moby Dick.
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