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binnacle (n.)
"wooden box for a ship's compass," c. 1750, corruption of
bittacle
(1620s), which is probably from Spanish
bitacula
or Portuguese
bitacola
, both from Latin
habitaculum
"little dwelling place," from
habitare
"to inhabit" (see
habit
).
