It was the private property of three confederate white seamen of that ship, one of whom, it seems, communicated it to Tashtego with Romish injunctions of secresy, but the following night Tashtego rambled in his sleep, and revealed so much of it in that way, that when he was wakened he could not well withhold the rest.
Crepitus. A crackling or crunching sound heard when the ends of a fractured piece of bone rub against each other. Mentioned in: Gangrene, Nasal Trauma.
Rales, aka crackles, are small clicking, bubbling or rattling inhalation breathing sounds in your lungs. Believed to be caused by air opening closed air spaces, rales may suggest you have lung tissue inflammation. Stridor is a noisy high pitched or crowing breathing sound usually heard when taking in a breath.