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timid (fearful) or shy
- But if there happen to be an unduly slender, clumsy, or timorous wight in the ship, that wight is certain to be made a ship-keeper.Chapters 91-93 -- The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud; Ambergris; The Castaway (70% in)
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