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The captain caused a boat to be carefully lowered, put in her a trustworthy officer with a boat-compass, and we saw her depart into the fog.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Nostromo, after striking a couple of matches to get a glimpse of the boat-compass he had with him in the lighter, steered by the feel of the wind on his cheek.
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Nostromo, after striking a couple of matches to get a glimpse of the boat-compass he had with him in the lighter, steered by the feel of the wind on his cheek.
Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad 1890
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By these sounds he knew where he was, and he had a boat-compass on board of the Rosabel, which enabled him to lay his course, whenever he obtained his bearings.
The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock Oliver Optic 1859
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The captain caused a boat to be carefully lowered, put in her a trustworthy officer with a boat-compass, and we saw her depart into the fog.
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The captain caused a boat to be carefully lowered, put in her a trustworthy officer with a boat-compass, and we saw her depart into the fog.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 1 1855
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The captain caused a boat to be carefully lowered, put in her a trustworthy officer with a boat-compass, and we saw her depart into the fog.
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There was only one small boat-compass in the captain's boat.
Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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