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dumb compass — noun Etymology: so called from its having no magnets or directive force : pelorus * * * Navig. pelorus … Useful english dictionary
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pelorus — /peuh lawr euhs, lohr /, n., pl. peloruses. Navig. a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects. Also called dumb compass. [1850 55; perh. < L Pelorus, now Faro in Sicily, a cape which requires skill in navigation]… … Universalium
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