lance
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- associated_mate
- Stubb (handles it)
- characteristic
- unpitying
- components
- steel head, pole, iron rod
- condition
- shattered, used as a cane
- description
- A long, sharp pole used in whaling to kill or ward off whales once they have been harpooned.
- function
- pricking whales
- location
- projected from the white whale’s back
- material
- steel (implied)
- physical_trait
- unpitying
- position
- crossed full before Ahab
- purpose
- killing whales
- purpose_in_text
- source material for compass needle
- type
- whaling spear
- user
- Starbuck
Relationships
- referenced_byAhab's boat
- context
- is_equipped_with
- 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
- 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
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byMoby Dick
- context
- bears
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the tall but shattered pole of a recent lance projected from the white whale’s back;
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:16.233Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byAhab
- context
- uses
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Give me something for a cane—there, that shivered lance will do
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:57.613Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byStubb
- context
- wields
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- handled his unpitying lance
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:53.810Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:00.745Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byStarbuck
- context
- uses
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- lance in hand, pricking out of our way whatever whales he could reach
- referenced_byFlask
- context
- holds
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- while his three mates stood at his side with their lances
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:07.715Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:19.462Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:21.418Z
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