单词 | star-shooter |
释义 | > as lemmasstar-shooter ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun] > taking of altitudes > person star-shooter1580 lunarian1817 1580 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. ¶B.ijv When that they did take the latitude, they would cal them starre shooters and Sunne shooters. 1863 Athenæum 21 Nov. 63 When navigators first began to make observations with instruments on deck, the self-sufficient called them star-shooters and when the star's altitude was taken would ask if they had hit it. < as lemmas |
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