All 3 Uses of
intricate
in
Moby Dick
- It is by endless subdivisions based upon the most inconclusive differences, that some departments of natural history become so repellingly intricate.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- All these particulars are faithfully narrated here, as they will not fail to elucidate several most important, however intricate passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted.†
Chpt 61-63
- Holding by a shroud, Starbuck was standing on the quarter-deck; at every flash of the lightning glancing aloft, to see what additional disaster might have befallen the intricate hamper there; while Stubb and Flask were directing the men in the higher hoisting and firmer lashing of the boats.†
Chpt 118-120
Definition:
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(intricate) complicated -- having many complexly arranged elements