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Forestaff
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; - called also cross-staff.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Forestaff'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/forestaff.html. 1828.