Meanings (ES + gloss)
sable
A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
In vain the captain threatened to throw him overboard; suspended a cutlass over his naked wrists; Queequeg was the son of a King, and Queequeg budged not.
She could feel Tern’s stare fixed right between her shoulder blades, and knew he was aching to plunge his cutlass there.
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