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• Jacob's staff — with four transom For the plant known as the ocotillo, sometimes called the Jacob s staff, see ocotillo. The Jacob s staff, also called a cross staff, a ballastella, a fore staff, or a balestilha is used to refer to several things. This can lead… …   Wikipedia

• cross-staff — Forestaff Fore staff , n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; called also {cross staff}. Brande & C. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) — Chief of the Defence Staff Incumbent Sir David Richards since 29 October 2010 …   Wikipedia

• To hang the flag at half-staff — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To hang the flag half-staff — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hand staff — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• forestaff — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: fore + staff : cross staff 2 * * * /fawr staf , stahf , fohr /, n., pl. forestaves, forestaffs. cross staff. [1660 70; FORE + STAFF1] …   Useful english dictionary

• Forestaff — Fore staff , n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; called also {cross staff}. Brande & C. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• РАНГОУТ И ТАКЕЛАЖ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ТРЕХМАЧТОВОГО ПАРУСНОГО СУДНА — РАНГОУТ И ТАКЕЛАЖ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ТРЕХМАЧТОВОГО ПАРУСНОГО СУДНА …   Морской словарь

• HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism