Moby Dick Vocab

Front 1

Idolatrous

Back 1

Idolization

Front 2

Plumb

Back 2

vertically

Front 3

Forecastle

Back 3

front part of a ship

Front 4

Aloft

Back 4

upward

Front 5

Royal Mast-Head

Back 5

The uppermost point of a mast (where the flag is on a ship)

Front 6

Wharf

Back 6

Pier (platform projecting into water for ships to be moored)

Front 7

Tiger Lily

Back 7

East-Asian Perennial Flower

Front 8

Decoction

Back 8

a liquor made from concentrating the essence of a substance(s), used for medical purposes

Front 9

Urbane

Back 9

Sophisticated

Front 10

Consign

Back 10

commit

Front 11

Perdition

Back 11

eternal damnation (Christian theology)

Front 12

Headwind

Back 12

wind that blows in the opposite direction than which you are moving

Front 13

Astern

Back 13

toward the rear of a ship

Front 14

Commodore

Back 14

naval captain

Front 15

Quaterdeck

Back 15

The part of a ship's upper deck near the stern, traditionally reserved for naval officers

Front 16

Wherefore

Back 16

for what reason

Front 17

Providence

Back 17

guided by God

Front 18

Interlude

Back 18

something performed during a theater intermission (in this case, a solo performance)

Front 19

Farces

Back 19

comic dramatic work (slapstick comedy)

Front 20

Cajoling

Back 20

persuading

Front 21

Sloop

Back 21

A one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib

Front 22

Nigh

Back 22

near

Front 23

Bowspirit

Back 23

a spar extending forward from a ship's bow, to which the forestays are fastened.

Front 24

Ere

Back 24

before (in terms of time)

Front 25

Grapnels

Back 25

grappling hooks

Front 26

Copestone

Back 26

a finishing touch

Front 27

Euroclydon

Back 27

a cyclonic tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean, mostly in autumn and winter.

and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the coast of Malta (in the Bible)

Front 28

Rich Man (Dives) and Lazarus (Bible Parable)

Back 28

A story about a rich, unnamed man and a beggar, Lazarus.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_man_and_Lazarus

Front 29

Moluccas

Back 29

a group of islands in eastern Indonesia

Front 30

Temperance

Back 30

abstinence from alcoholic drink

Front 31

Bulwarks

Back 31

an extension of a ship's sides above the level of the deck

Front 32

Wainscots

Back 32

wooden paneling on the lower part of the walls of a room

Front 33

Gable-End

Back 33

the vertical, triangular part of a wall that is topped by a gable

Front 34

Portentous

Back 34

ominous

Front 35

Sojourning

Back 35

staying somewhere temporarily

Front 36

Sartainty

Back 36

certainty

Front 37

Nightmare

Back 37

a person that is very difficult to deal with

Front 38

Counterpane

Back 38

a bedspread

Front 39

Beseeching

Back 39

begging someone to do something urgently

Front 40

Monkey Jacket

Back 40

a short, close-fitting jacket worn by sailors or waiters or by officers in their mess

Front 41

Waistcoat

Back 41

vest

Front 42

Bumpkin

Back 42

an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside

Front 43

Proffer

Back 43

hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer

Front 44

Aft

Back 44

towards the back (stern) of a ship

Front 45

Bow

Back 45

front of a ship

Front 46

Stern

Back 46

back of a ship

Front 47

Capstan

Back 47

a revolving cylinder with a vertical axis used for winding a rope or cable pushed around by levers

Front 48

Hand spike

Back 48

levers used for rotating the capstan

Front 49

Windlass

Back 49

mechanism used for lifting up the anchor, in this case it is the capstan

Front 50

Keel

Back 50

the longitudinal structure along the centerline at the bottom of a vessel's hull, on which the rest of the hull is built