Not P but Moby-Dick (93)

[Michael Bailey]

I agree but I can’t find the bottom (aka keel, hull or underside) referred
to any other way.

Maybe it’s “bottom-down” to indicate very recent use?

ie, that it hasn’t yet been “onboarded” and put - “bottom-up” so as to
avoid filling from rain - into whichever position they store it in, for the
trip home?

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 11:08 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That's how it is on a normal whale-ship. However, this is a whale-ship
> that was fully loaded with oil and heading home. And if it's suspended the
> usual way, why would it be at all notable?
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 2:05 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think the bottom is down in readiness to be lowered into the water
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:45 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > From Chapter 115:
>> >
>> > The three men at her mast-heads wore long streamers of narrow red
>> bunting
>> > at their hats; from the stern, a whale-boat was suspended, bottom down;
>> and
>> > hanging captive from the bowsprit was seen the long lower jaw of the
>> last
>> > whale they had slain.
>> >
>> > Does "bottom down" here mean upside down?
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