Not P but Moby-Dick (105)

[Mark Kohut]

The whale made his mouth adjust by feel---of jaw and teeth--around every
plank and rib...

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 133:
>
> Through and through; through every plank and each rib, it thrilled for an
> instant, the whale obliquely lying on his back, in the manner of a biting
> shark, slowly and feelingly taking its bows full within his mouth, so that
> the long, narrow, scrolled lower jaw curled high up into the open air, and
> one of the teeth caught in a row-lock.
>
> What does "feelingly" mean here?
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