All 3 Uses of
incensed
in
Moby Dick
- Heated and irritated as he was by his spasmodic toil at the pumps, for all his first nameless feeling of forbearance the sweating Steelkilt could but ill brook this bearing in the mate; but somehow still smothering the conflagration within him, without speaking he remained doggedly rooted to his seat, till at last the incensed Radney shook the hammer within a few inches of his face, furiously commanding him to do his bidding.†
Chpt 52-54 (definition 1)
- The prow of the boat is partially unbroken, and is drawn just balancing upon the monster's spine; and standing in that prow, for that one single incomputable flash of time, you behold an oarsman, half shrouded by the incensed boiling spout of the whale, and in the act of leaping, as if from a precipice.†
Chpt 55-57 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I meant not to incense thee.†
Chpt 34-36 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (incensed as in: incensed by her insult) very angered
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, incense refers to seomthing that is slowly burned to create a pleasant smell.