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a state of deterioration — especially in metals
- It so chanced that almost upon first cutting into him with the spade, the entire length of a corroded harpoon was found imbedded in his flesh, on the lower part of the bunch before described.Chapters 79-81 -- The Prairie; The Nut; The Pequod Meets the Virgin (85% in)
- So deep did they go; and so ancient, and corroded, and weedy the aspect of the lowermost puncheons, that you almost looked next for some mouldy corner-stone cask containing coins of Captain Noah, with copies of the posted placards, vainly warning the infatuated old world from the flood.Chapters 109-111 -- Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin; Queequeg in his Coffin; The Pacific (28% in)
- "Give way!" cried Ahab to the oarsmen, and the boats darted forward to the attack; but maddened by yesterday's fresh irons that corroded in him, Moby Dick seemed combinedly possessed by all the angels that fell from heaven.Chapters 133-135 -- The Chase--First Day; The Chase--Second Day; The Chase--Third Day (78% in)
There are no more uses of "corrosion" in Moby Dick.
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