harpoon
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- action
- flung by Queequeg
- associated_incident
- death of Stiggs
- attachment
- line
- components
- barbed head
- condition
- fresh irons corroding in Moby Dick
- condition_found_in_whale
- corroded, embedded
- condition_in_Moby_Dick
- twisted and wrenched
- description
- Queequeg's primary whaling weapon, which he requests to have placed in his coffin during his trial.
- function
- striking whales
- impact
- pierces, causes deadly drain
- length
- some three feet long (iron part)
- material
- iron
- owner
- Queequeg
- parts
- wooden stock, iron part
- primary_use
- whale hunting
- primary_user
- Queequeg
- purpose
- whaling
- secondary_use
- razor
- status
- safe
- status_at_inn
- banned from chambers
- type
- whaling weapon
- user
- Ahab
Relationships
- referenced_byQueequeg
- context
- places
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- then had the iron part placed in the coffin
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:01:59.262Z
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- grazesWhale
- description
- The harpoon thrown by Queequeg only superficially hits the whale, allowing it to escape.
- source
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- source_text
- the whale, merely grazed by the iron, escaped.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:04.477Z
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- piercesWounded Whale
- description
- The harpoon creates a wound that initiates a deadly and continuous drain on the whale's arterial system.
- source
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- source_text
- when pierced even by so small a point as a harpoon,
- is found inWounded Whale
- description
- A corroded harpoon is discovered embedded deep within the whale's flesh, indicating a prior injury.
- source
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- source_text
- the entire length of a corroded harpoon was found imbedded in his flesh,
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:08.245Z
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- was_instrument_in_death_ofStiggs
- description
- Stiggs' death was caused by a harpoon found in his side.
- source
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- source_text
- with his harpoon—but why not?” “Because it’s dangerous,” says she. “Ever since young Stiggs coming from that unfort’nt v’y’ge of his, when he was gone four years and a half, with only three barrels of _ile_, was found dead in my first floor back, with his harpoon in his side;
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:08.214Z
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- referenced_byPequod's Harpooneers
- context
- use
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- source_text
- with their harpoons in their hands,
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:08.418Z
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:03:40.154Z
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- referenced_byStubb
- context
- shows
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- source_text
- this is it,” said Stubb, showing it.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:05:39.495Z
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- referenced_byAhab's boat
- context
- is_equipped_with
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- source_text
- heedless of the irons darted at him from every boat, seemed only intent on annihilating each separate plank
- referenced_byWhaling Lines
- context
- entangles
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Caught and twisted—corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons and lances, with all their bristling barbs and points, came flashing and dripping up to the chocks
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:06:58.449Z
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- referenced_byParsee
- context
- is_associated_with
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- source_text
- The harpoon, too!—toss over the litter there,—d’ye see it?—the forged iron, men, the white whale’s—no, no, no,—blistered fool! this hand did dart it!—’tis in the fish!
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:00.745Z
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- dropped_fromAhab
- description
- Ahab, in shock at the sight of the Parsee, lets his harpoon fall from his hand.
- source
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- source_text
- The harpoon dropped from his hand
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:06.724Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byHarpooneers
- context
- hold
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- with their harpoons in their hands
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:07.715Z
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- strikesSperm Whale
- description
- Queequeg's harpoon successfully strikes a whale, causing it to dart away.
- source
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- source_text
- the stricken fish darted blinding spray in our faces, and then running away with us like light
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:08.564Z
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- referenced_byTashtego
- context
- hurls
- source
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- source_text
- “Stand up, Tashtego!—give it to him!” The harpoon was hurled
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:09.956Z
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:17.757Z
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- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:20.178Z
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- strikesStricken Whale
- description
- The harpoon successfully hits a whale, causing it to react violently.
- source
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- source_text
- the stricken fish darted blinding spray in our faces, and then running away with us like light, steered straight for the heart of the herd
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:21.418Z
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:23.219Z
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