cross-staffn.

Forms: Also (in sense 1) 1500s croystaff.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-staff.

†1. Ecclesiastical. An archbishop's cross; also, by confusion, used for crose-staff n. at crose n. Compounds a bishop's crook or crosier. Obsolete exc. Historical.

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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > staff > [noun] > bishop's

staffa1122

bat?c1225

bagle1330

crosec1330

potent1348

crookc1386

croche14..

cley-staffc1440

baculc1449

cross-staffa1464

pastoral staff?a1475

crosier's staff1488

crosier1500

crose-staff1549

pastoral1658

beagle-rod1664

tau staff1843

tau1855

tau crosier1900

society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > staff > [noun] > surmounted by cross

crossc1290

cross-staffa1464

crosier1704

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 122 He [sc. Robert Grostede] appered to þe pope, and smet him on þe side with þe pike of his crosse-staf.

1540 Inv. in Greene Hist. Worcester II. App. 5 Item, a croystaff of selver and gylt.

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 246/1 All your holy ornamentes, as your holy myters, your holy crosse-staues, your holy pyllers.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 62 He [Becket] taketh from Alexander his Crosyer, the crosse with the Crossestaffe..and caryeth it in himselfe.

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. ii. 188 Shall I not smite him with his own cross-staff?

†2.

a. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the sun or a star. Obsolete.

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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > cross-staff

Jacob's staff1559

cross-staff1594

fore-staff1669

radius1745

jackstaff1886

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > cross-staff

Jacob's staff1559

cross-staff1594

David's staff1623

back-staff1627

fore-staff1669

radiometer1728

jackstaff1886

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. ii. viii. f. 183^v The Latitude then is to be knowne by the Astrolabe, Quadrant, Crossestaffe, and by such like Mathematicall instruments.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. xiii. 80 How to use the Cross-Staff. Set the end of the Cross-Staff to the..Eye..Then move the Cross..from you or towards you..till that the upper end come upon the..Sun or Star.

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 194 The cross-staff at that time was the simple instrument used to discover the latitude.

b. A surveyor's cross, used in taking offsets.

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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > staff or pole > for taking off-sets

station staff1653

cross1669

station pole1775

offset staffc1791

station rod1791

cross-staff1874

1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cross-staff
释义	cross-staffn. Forms: Also (in sense 1) 1500s croystaff. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-staff. †1. Ecclesiastical. An archbishop's cross; also, by confusion, used for crose-staff n. at crose n. Compounds a bishop's crook or crosier. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > staff > [noun] > bishop's staffa1122 bat?c1225 bagle1330 crosec1330 potent1348 crookc1386 croche14.. cley-staffc1440 baculc1449 cross-staffa1464 pastoral staff?a1475 crosier's staff1488 crosier1500 crose-staff1549 pastoral1658 beagle-rod1664 tau staff1843 tau1855 tau crosier1900 society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > staff > [noun] > surmounted by cross crossc1290 cross-staffa1464 crosier1704 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 122 He [sc. Robert Grostede] appered to þe pope, and smet him on þe side with þe pike of his crosse-staf. 1540 Inv. in Greene Hist. Worcester II. App. 5 Item, a croystaff of selver and gylt. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 246/1 All your holy ornamentes, as your holy myters, your holy crosse-staues, your holy pyllers. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 62 He [Becket] taketh from Alexander his Crosyer, the crosse with the Crossestaffe..and caryeth it in himselfe. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. ii. 188 Shall I not smite him with his own cross-staff? †2. a. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the sun or a star. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > cross-staff Jacob's staff1559 cross-staff1594 fore-staff1669 radius1745 jackstaff1886 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > cross-staff Jacob's staff1559 cross-staff1594 David's staff1623 back-staff1627 fore-staff1669 radiometer1728 jackstaff1886 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. ii. viii. f. 183^v The Latitude then is to be knowne by the Astrolabe, Quadrant, Crossestaffe, and by such like Mathematicall instruments. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. xiii. 80 How to use the Cross-Staff. Set the end of the Cross-Staff to the..Eye..Then move the Cross..from you or towards you..till that the upper end come upon the..Sun or Star. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 194 The cross-staff at that time was the simple instrument used to discover the latitude. b. A surveyor's cross, used in taking offsets. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > staff or pole > for taking off-sets station staff1653 cross1669 station pole1775 offset staffc1791 station rod1791 cross-staff1874 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1464
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