heaving the log
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- description
- The action of deploying the log and line from the ship to measure its speed, an event initiated by Ahab.
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- Log and Line
- participants
- Ahab, Manxman, Tahitian
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- Forward, there! Heave the log!
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- The Manxman took the reel, and holding it high up, by the projecting handle-ends of the spindle, round which the spool of line revolved, so stood with the angular log hanging downwards, till Ahab advanced to him
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- Haul in here, Tahitian; reel up, Manxman
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- 2026-03-02T00:07:57.613Z
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