Pelorus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, ·esp. such as cannot be taken by the compass.

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Pelorus
PELO´RUS, PELO´RIS, or PELO´RIAS (Πέλωρος ἄκρα, Ptol.; Πελωρίς, Thuc., Dion. Per; Πελωριάς, Pol., St...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Pelorus
Pĕlōrus (-os), i, m., and Pĕlōrum, i, n., = Πέλωρος, I a promontory on the north-eastern coast of ...

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