All 3 Uses of
Abraham
in
Treasure Island
- It's to you, Abraham Gray—it's to you I am speaking.†
Chpt 16
- There was a sudden scuffle, a sound of blows, and out burst Abraham Gray with a knife cut on the side of the cheek, and came running to the captain like a dog to the whistle.†
Chpt 16 *
- The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry: Alexander Smollett, master; David Livesey, ship's doctor; Abraham Gray, carpenter's mate; John Trelawney, owner; John Hunter and Richard Joyce, owner's servants, landsmen—being all that is left faithful of the ship's company—with stores for ten days at short rations, came ashore this day and flew British colours on the log-house in Treasure Island.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(Abraham) religion: an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; tested when God asked him to sacrifice his son
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Abraham can refer to anyone with that name.