All 5 Uses of
salutation
in
Moby Dick
- Like some poor devils ashore that happen to know an irascible great man, they make distant unobtrusive salutations to him in the street, lest if they pursued the acquaintance further, they might receive a summary thump for their presumption.†
Chpt 43-45 *
- if casually encountering each other in such inhospitable wilds, these twain, for the life of them, cannot well avoid a mutual salutation;†
Chpt 52-54
- Had this tail any prehensile power, I should straightway bethink me of Darmonodes' elephant that so frequented the flower-market, and with low salutations presented nosegays to damsels, and then caressed their zones.†
Chpt 85-87
- it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, the Unshored;†
Chpt 112-114
- But no formal salutation was exchanged.†
Chpt 127-129
Definitions:
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(1)
(salutation) a greeting -- such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"
or:
the act of greeting -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, a salutation can refer to a gesture or verbal acknowledgement of someone's departure.