ship's bell

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ship's bell - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ship's bell
      n 1: (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical
           time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells
           signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
           [syn: bell, ship's bell]