"forestaff" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "fore- + staff",
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  "etymology_text": "fore- + staff",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forestaffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forestaves",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1722, Andrew Wakely, The Mariner's Compass",
          "text": "with a Forestaff, take the Altitude of the North Star",
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        }
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        "An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant."
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          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "altitude",
          "altitude"
        ],
        [
          "heavenly bodies",
          "heavenly body"
        ],
        [
          "sextant",
          "sextant"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cross-staff"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "forestaff"
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  "etymology_text": "fore- + staff",
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    {
      "form": "forestaffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "forestaves",
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        "plural"
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          "text": "with a Forestaff, take the Altitude of the North Star",
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        "An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant."
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        ],
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          "altitude",
          "altitude"
        ],
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          "heavenly bodies",
          "heavenly body"
        ],
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          "sextant",
          "sextant"
        ]
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        "(nautical) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant."
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cross-staff"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forestaff"
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