All 4 Uses of
mishap
in
Moby Dick
- It has before been hinted, perhaps, that every little untoward circumstance that befell him, and which indirectly sprang from his luckless mishap, almost invariably irritated or exasperated Ahab.†
Chpt 100-102mishap = unfortunate accident
- That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.†
Chpt 106-108 *
- But as this conductor must descend to considerable depth, that its end may avoid all contact with the hull; and as moreover, if kept constantly towing there, it would be liable to many mishaps, besides interfering not a little with some of the rigging, and more or less impeding the vessel's way in the water; because of all this, the lower parts of a ship's lightning-rods are not always overboard; but are generally made in long slender links, so as to be the more readily hauled up into…
Chpt 118-120mishaps = unfortunate accidents
- As with Fedallah the day before, so Ahab was now found grimly clinging to his boat's broken half, which afforded a comparatively easy float; nor did it so exhaust him as the previous day's mishap.†
Chpt 133-135mishap = unfortunate accident
Definition:
an unfortunate accident -- usually minor