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Cross-staff

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  1. 1
    An archbishop's cross. obsolete
  2. 2
    An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star or for surveying. historical

    "The cross-staff is a very simple instrument, a calibrated shaft along which a bar slides."

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