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.

Alternative form of stalking horse

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

(obsolete) A wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.

A graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.

(surveying) A single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.

(dated) babiroussa