Not P but Moby-Dick (92)

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 16:19:28 UTC 2024


>From Chapter 113:

“What’s that bunch of lucifers dodging about there for?” muttered Stubb,
looking on from the forecastle. “That Parsee smells fire like a fusee; and
smells of it himself, like a hot musket’s powder-pan.”

What does "smells fire like a fusee" mean here?


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