Not P but Moby-Dick (105)

[Joseph Tracy]

I think Mark  very clearly and simply gets at the intended meaning here.

> On Apr 15, 2024, at 12:45 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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