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binnacle

 (n): a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm)
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4 months ago chained_bear said:

"...his ship was answering as she had always answered. But as he peered down at the compass his blood dripping over the glass turned the binnacle light red."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 67

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