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to be a typical example of; or to represent or be characteristic of
- ...hue is made the emblem of many touching, noble things—the innocence of brides, the benignity of age; though among the Red Men of America the giving of the white belt of wampum was the deepest pledge of honour; though in many climes, whiteness typifies the majesty of Justice in the ermine of the Judge, and contributes to the daily state of kings and queens drawn by milk-white steeds; though even in the higher mysteries of the most august religions it has been made the symbol of the...Chapters 40-42 — Midnight, Forecastle; Moby Dick; The Whiteness of the Whale (64% in)
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