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  1. Nautical term applied to half-hours of
  2. watch. A day is divided into seven watches,
  3. five of four hours each and two, called
  4. dogwatches, of two hours. Each half-hour of
  5. each watch is indicated by the striking of a
  6. bell, eight bells signalling the end of the
  7. watch.
  8.