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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 949 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BINNACLE (before 18th See also:century bittacle, through Span. bitacula, from See also:Lat. habitaculum, a little dwelling) , a See also:case on the See also:deck of a See also:ship, generally in front of the steersman, in which is kept a See also:compass, and a See also:light by which the compass is read at See also:night .

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