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bells

Nautical term applied to half-hours of watch. A day is divided into seven watches, five of four hours each and two, called dogwatches, of two hours. Each half-hour of each watch is indicated by the striking of a bell, eight bells signalling the end of the watch.



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At seven bells the first gong rang; at eight there was breakfast, for such as were not too seasick to eat it.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode.
The Cask Of Amontillado by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Then Hans hastened home and brought a fowler's net with little bells and hung it round about her, and she still went on sleeping.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
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