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- noun Plural form of
corpusant .
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Examples
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“The corpusants have mercy on us all,” cried Stubb, again.
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The parted mouth of Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely gleamed as if they too had been tipped by corpusants; while lit up by the preternatural light,
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“Blast it!” — but slipping backward on the deck, his uplifted eyes caught the flames; and immediately shifting his tone he cried — “The corpusants have mercy on us all!”
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The parted mouth of Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely gleamed as if they too had been tipped by corpusants; while lit up by the preternatural light, Queequeg's tattooing burned like Satanic blue flames on his body.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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"The corpusants have mercy on us all," cried Stubb, again.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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"The corpusants have mercy on us all," cried Stubb, again.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely gleamed as if they too had been tipped by corpusants; while lit up by the preternatural light, Queequeg's tattooing burned like Satanic blue flames on his body.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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'The St. Elmo's Lights (corpus sancti) corpusants! the corpusants!'
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'The corpusants have mercy on us all, 'cried Stubb, again.
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The parted mouth of Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely gleamed as if they too had been tipped by corpusants; while lit up by the preternatural light, Queequeg's tattooing burned like Satanic blue flames on his body.
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