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Seizing his sharp boat-spade, he commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin.
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This was effected by cutting a hole through the tough, gristly substance of the flukes with the short "boat-spade," carried for the purpose.
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886
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Happily for us, the force of the blow was broken by its direction, as it struck the water before reaching the boat's side, but the upper lobe hurled the boat-spade from the captain's hands back into our midst, where it struck the tub oarsman, splitting his head in two halves.
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886
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Seizing his sharp boat-spade, he commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Seizing his sharp boat-spade, he commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Seizing his sharp boat-spade, he commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin.
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