| 单词 | mariner's needle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmariner's needle ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > bit of magnetized steel as direction indicator needlea1393 mariner's needle1600 directory needle1613 inclinatory needle1613 dipping-needle1667 dip-needle1881 1600 R. Cawdrey Treasurie Similies 114 The Saylers Gnomon, or rule, which is commonly called the Marriners Needle. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Mm3v Like as the West Indies had neuer been discouered, if the vse of the Mariners Needle, had not been first discouered. View more context for this quotation 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 249 The Mariners Needle espousing the North point rather than any other. < as lemmas |
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