The magnetic needle in the binnacle was the point on which the Mary Turner ever pivoted. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
"Not a light aboard, sir, except in the binnacle.". From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
"For'ard, there!" yelled Poole from beside the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Ruha released the binnacle and cupped her hands together. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Gerard went to the binnacle and read the bearing carefully. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
At the same time the captain came and stood by the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
"'Tis my captain, my captain, dash my bowlines and binnacle.". From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
But the binnacle light was out, and the pilot had disappeared!. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The captain stepped to the binnacle, and read the compass-card. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The needle time may rust, a squall capsize the binnacle and all. From Wordnik.com. [Old Ballads] Reference
Hornblower peered at the chart in the faint light of the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Ruha wrapped an arm around the binnacle, then pointed at the wyrm. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
He bent low over the binnacle, afterwards glancing swiftly shoreward. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
I jumped up at once from my seat and went towards the binnacle, where. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
You don't really see, you know, binnacle (ph) behavior from him anymore. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005] Reference
"She's headreaching on us for sure," announced Gerard from the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Now he turned his attention to Poole, standing impassive by the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
We happily succeeded in bringing away two compasses from the binnacle, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition.] Reference
She threw her arms around the binnacle, and the dark waters were upon her. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
The captain placed John's camp-stool on the starboard side of the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Prowse was pacing restlessly back and forward to the binnacle taking bearings. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
The captain had taken the wheel, and he glared at his binnacle like a wild man. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
The wheel and-binnacle were smashed and transmission finally ceased altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Graf Spee]
A single light here at the binnacle, and no other to show from anywhere on board. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Their small stock of provisions was now put into the binnacle, as a secure place. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People] Reference
As I was passing the light in the binnacle, I looked in at the compass for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Going up to the binnacle, he observed the compass, and addressing the helmsman, said. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
Together they looked into the binnacle, out to the horizon, up to the commission pendant. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
"One bell in the first watch, sir," whispered Prowse, turning the sand-dlass by the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Gorth turned away from the fog as the bosun sounded one bell and wandered over to the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He stared bleakly at the chart which he had draped over the Espiritu Santos shot-torn binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
Our lights had hardly been extinguished in cabin and binnacle, when we heard the measured stroke of a man-of-war oar. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
As you know, sir, we carry a binnacle, and the lamp in it was alight and gave out just enough haze for us to see each other in. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Anon the captain glanced at the pale, set face of the pilot, on which the diffused light from the binnacle lantern feebly shone. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Quadrant, who had busied himself shaping a course on a chart by the binnacle as soon as he heard the latitude and longitude given. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
The pilot stood steady at the helm, his eyes fixed on the binnacle, each movement of the compass-needle a sign for his ready hands to obey. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
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