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Meaning of 'backstaff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Backstaff [ n.]
- An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.

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