Both Uses of
linear
in
Moby Dick
- In some instances, to the quick, observant eye, those linear marks, as in a veritable engraving, but afford the ground for far other delineations.†
Chpt 67-69 *
- Besides all the other phenomena which the exterior of the Sperm Whale presents, he not seldom displays the back, and more especially his flanks, effaced in great part of the regular linear appearance, by reason of numerous rude scratches, altogether of an irregular, random aspect.†
Chpt 67-69
Definition:
arranged in a straight line or progressing in a straight, orderly sequence -- often used for shapes, movement, time, or ideas