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BINNACLE (before 18th
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century bittacle, through Span. bitacula, from
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Lat. habitaculum, a little dwelling) , a
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case on the
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deck of a
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ship, generally in front of the steersman, in which is kept a
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compass, and a
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light by which the compass is read at
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night .

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