jacob's staff

Jacob's staff

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Definitions of jacob's staff words

noun plural jacob's staff Astronomy. cross-staff. 1
noun plural jacob's staff Surveying. a pole providing a firm support for a compass or other instrument. 1
noun jacob's staff a medieval instrument for measuring heights and distances 0
noun jacob's staff (surveying) A single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass. 0
noun jacob's staff Verbascum thapsus, the common mullein. 0
noun jacob's staff The ocotillo, one of Fouquieria, a genus of desert shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers. 0

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50

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