A weapon consisting of a short sling at the end of a staff.

A stitch in which the needle is first driven through the fabric from the right side, then pushed back up through the material from the wrong side.

plural of stab stitch

The official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

(military) A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief.

An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

An instrument for taking angles in surveying.

A floating platform attached at one end to a wharf so as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.

stagecoach