magical line
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- characteristic
- generates friction and heat
- description
- The crucial rope attached to the harpoon, which runs out rapidly after the whale is struck, generating intense heat and requiring constant wetting.
- function
- connects harpoon to boat
Relationships
- passes_throughStubb's_hands
- description
- The harpoon line, under immense tension, rapidly slides through Stubb's bare hands, causing blistering friction.
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- it blisteringly passed through and through both of Stubb’s hands, from which the hand-cloths, or squares of quilted canvas sometimes worn at these times, had accidentally dropped
- wraps_aroundLoggerhead
- description
- Stubb quickly takes additional turns of the harpoon line around the loggerhead to increase friction and control the whale's powerful pull.
- source
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- source_text
- Stubb had swiftly caught two additional turns with it round the loggerhead, whence, by reason of its increased rapid circlings, a hempen blue smoke now jetted up and mingled with the steady fumes from his pipe
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:09.956Z
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