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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A word for Saturday #80544 09/13/2002 4:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Not long ago I posted about "alidade" a device for taking navigational bearings. measuring the horizontal azimuth. Today I encountered "pelorus" another name for such a device.Dictionary says it is an eponym. pelorus n. 5? after L Pelorus, pilot of Hannibal‘s ship6 Naut. a device for taking bearings, consisting of a flat metal ring, equipped with sighting vanes or a small telescope, that fits over a compass card or gyrocompass Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A word for Saturday #80545 09/13/2002 9:23 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,119 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,119 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Oh my. And here I wanted Alidade to be a big city in Australia, and pelorus the distal end of the stomach... (See, Hogwarts is wherever you want it to be! ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A word for Saturday #80546 09/13/2002 9:42 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear wofahulicodoc: you got those back-azimuth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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