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cross-staff
ˈcross-staff Also (in sense 1) 6 croystaff. † 1. Eccl. An archbishop's cross; also, by confusion, used for crose-staff, a bishop's crook or crosier. Obs. exc. Hist.1460 J. Capgrave Chron. (1858) 156 He [Rob{supt} Grostede] appered to the Pope, and smet him on the side with the pike of his crosse sta... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cross-Staff - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' Museum and Park
The cross-staff was a navigational tool used to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the sun or stars. By knowing this angle, a navigator could then determine his latitude and direction. The cross-staff is also referred to as the fore-staff and the Jacob's staff. Thomas Hood suggested that the name Jacob's ...
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Backstaff
Cross-staff The cross-staff was normally a direct observation instrument. However, in later years it was modified for use with back observations. Thomas Hood cross-staff Thomas Hood invented this cross-staff in 1590. It could be used for surveying, astronomy or other geometric problems. wikipedia.org
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fore-staff
† ˈfore-staff Naut. Obs. [f. fore- prefix + staff.] = cross-staff 2 (see quot. 1867).1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. ii. 82 Thus I have shewed you how to take an Observation by the Fore-Staff. 1719 Halley in Phil. Trans. XXX. 993 The Moon was not too high to be well observed with a Forestaff. 1769 Falcon... Oxford English Dictionary
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New Holy Cross football coach Dan Curran is excited about recruits, staff
3 days agoThe 47-year-old Curran spent the last 11 years as the coach at Merrimack, where he previously served as offensive coordinator. Curran is Merrimack's all-time winningest coach, and he ushered the ...
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Lahr (Hunsrück)
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Gules in dexter base a plough argent and in chief sinister a cross-staff The other charges, the cross-staff and the ear, are Saint Oranna's attributes, thus representing the church's patron saint. wikipedia.org
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jack-staff
ˈjack-staff Naut. [f. jack n.3 + staff.] 1. A short staff, usually set upon the bowsprit or at the bow of a ship, on which the flag called the jack (jack n.3) is hoisted.1692 Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xiv. 65 Jack staff and Jack. 1794 Rigging & Seamanship I. 175 The Jack⁓staff is a short staff... Oxford English Dictionary
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Panzweiler
municipality's arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle reversed, argent three bugle-horns in bend, bells to sinister, sable a bell surmounting a cross-staff wikipedia.org
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transitory
transitory, a. (n.) (ˈtrɑːnsɪtərɪ, ˈtræns-, -nz-) Also 4–5 transitore, 4–7 -itorie, 5 -etorie, -itoire, (trancitorie), 5–6 transetory, -ytory(e, -itorye, 6 Sc. -itoir. [ad. F. transitoire (12th c. in Godef. Compl.), ad. post-Aug.L. transitōrius having or allowing a passage through, in Chr.L. transie... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ballestilla Reef
The feature is named after the geodetic instrument ballestilla, also known as Jacob's staff or cross-staff; in association with other names in the area wikipedia.org
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transversary
transˈversary, a. and n. [ad. L. transversāri-us lying across: see transverse and -ary. Cf. F. transversaire (Littré).] † A. adj. Transverse. Obs. rare—1.c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 148 Þe wesant..haþ noon [brawnys] transuersarie, þat is to seie goynge ouerþwert, for wiþholdynge is not nedeful to him.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jacob's staff
The cross-staff was difficult to use. While the astronomical cross-staff was used in surveying for measuring angles, two other devices referred to as a cross-staff were also employed. wikipedia.org
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1514 in science
Ptolomaei, containing the Werner map projection and proposing use of the cross-staff for marine navigation. wikipedia.org
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科学史 (1514年)
书中包含了维纳地图投影，并建议在航海中使用十字测天仪（Jacob's staff, cross-staff）导航。 wikipedia.org
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Bissersheim
wings and hindlegs vert standing on which Saint Margaret of Antioch vested gules, robed of the first, booted, crined and crowned Or, in her dexter hand a cross-staff wikipedia.org
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