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MOBY DICK
OR THE WHALE
by Herman Melville
ETYMOLOGY
(Supplied by a Late Consumptive Usher to a Grammar School)
The pale Usher… threadbare in coat; heart; body; and brain; I see
him now。 He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars; with a
queer handkerchief; mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of
all the known nations of the world。 He loved to dust his old grammars;
it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality。
〃While you take in hand to school others; and to teach them by
what name a whale…fish is to be called in our tongue leaving out;
through ignorance; the letter H; which almost alone maketh the
signification of the word; you deliver that which is not true。〃
HACKLUYT
〃WHALE。 * * * Sw。 and Dan。 hval。 This animal is named from roundness
or rolling; for in Dan。 hvalt is arched or vaulted。〃
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY
〃WHALE。 * * * It is more immediately from the Dut。 and Ger。
Wallen; A。S。 Walw…ian; to roll; to wallow。〃
RICHARDSON'S DICTIONARY
KETOS; Greek。
CETUS; Latin。
WHOEL; Anglo…Saxon。
HVALT; Danish。
WAL; Dutch。
HWAL; Swedish。
WHALE; Icelandic。
WHALE; English。
BALEINE; French。
BALLENA; Spanish。
PEKEE…NUEE…NUEE; Fegee。
PEKEE…NUEE…NUEE; Erromangoan。