David's staffn.

Originally an error of Pietro della Valle's, who gave Dauidstoff as the English name of an instrument for taking the altitude of the sun. This was reproduced by his translator, Havers, as David's Staff, which was copied by Blount and Phillips, and is repeated in some modern dictionaries. So also David's quadrant (= back-staff n.) in Phillips (ed. 1696), corrected in Kersey's ed. (1706) to Davis's quadrant (quadrant n.¹ 7).

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Jacob's staff1559

cross-staff1594

David's staff1623

back-staff1627

fore-staff1669

radiometer1728

jackstaff1886

1623 P. della Valle Let. 22 Mar. in Viaggi (1663) IV. 10 Con diuersi altri strumenti: e con vno in particolare, che mi dissero, da poco tempo in quà, essere stato inuentato da vn tal Dauid, che dal suo nome l'haueua chiamato Dauidstoff, che in lingua Inglese vale à dir legno di Dauid.

1664 G. Havers translation One [instrument] invented by one David, and from his name call'd David's Staff.

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Davids-staff, is an instrument in Navigation, consisting of two Triangles united together, one longer then the other, both having their base arched, and between them in the circle of their bases, containing an entire Quadrant of ninety degrees. Valle's Travels.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) David's [1706 Davis's] Quadrant, an Instrument us'd by Seamen, wherewith they observe the height of the Sun with their Backs toward it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	davids staff
释义	David's staffn. Originally an error of Pietro della Valle's, who gave Dauidstoff as the English name of an instrument for taking the altitude of the sun. This was reproduced by his translator, Havers, as David's Staff, which was copied by Blount and Phillips, and is repeated in some modern dictionaries. So also David's quadrant (= back-staff n.) in Phillips (ed. 1696), corrected in Kersey's ed. (1706) to Davis's quadrant (quadrant n.¹ 7). ΘΚΠ 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 1623 P. della Valle Let. 22 Mar. in Viaggi (1663) IV. 10 Con diuersi altri strumenti: e con vno in particolare, che mi dissero, da poco tempo in quà, essere stato inuentato da vn tal Dauid, che dal suo nome l'haueua chiamato Dauidstoff, che in lingua Inglese vale à dir legno di Dauid. 1664 G. Havers translation One [instrument] invented by one David, and from his name call'd David's Staff. 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Davids-staff, is an instrument in Navigation, consisting of two Triangles united together, one longer then the other, both having their base arched, and between them in the circle of their bases, containing an entire Quadrant of ninety degrees. Valle's Travels. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) David's [1706 Davis's] Quadrant, an Instrument us'd by Seamen, wherewith they observe the height of the Sun with their Backs toward it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1623
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