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Definition
search for and discover through persistent investigation
- For many years past the whale-ship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth.Chapters 22-24 — Merry Christmas; The Lee Shore; The Advocate (74% in)
There are no more uses of "ferret out" in Moby Dick.
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