Usually means: Navigation tool measuring celestial angles.
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  1. backstaff: Merriam-Webster
  2. backstaff: Wordnik
  3. backstaff: Wiktionary
  4. Backstaff: Dictionary.com
  5. Backstaff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Backstaff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. backstaff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Backstaff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. backstaff: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. backstaff: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Backstaff: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. backstaff: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Backstaff, Backstaff: Latitude Mexico

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noun:  (nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.

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