boat-knife
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- 0
- description
- A sharp knife kept in the whaleboat, used by Tashtego to cut the whale line and save Pip during his first fall, at Stubb's command.
- function
- cut entangled lines
- location
- whaleboat
- primary_user
- Ahab
- purpose
- cutting whale line
- type
- whaling tool
Relationships
- referenced_byAhab
- context
- uses
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Seizing the boat-knife, he critically reached within—through—and then, without—the rays of steel; dragged in the line beyond, passed it, inboard, to the bowsman, and then, twice sundering the rope near the chocks—dropped the intercepted fagot of steel into the sea
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:06:58.449Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byTashtego
- context
- used
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Snatching the boat-knife from its sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:03.512Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk