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单词 cross-staff
释义 cross-staff
 /kraws"staf', -stahf', kros"-/,  n.  ,  pl.   cross-staffs, cross-staves. Astron.
 an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it. Also called forestaff, Jacob's staff.
 [1400-50, for an earlier sense; late ME]
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