Usually means: Instrument for measuring distance traveled.
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  7. waywiser: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Waywiser: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. waywiser: FreeDictionary.org
  10. waywiser: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (waywiser)

noun:  An instrument for measuring distance travelled, such as an odometer, pedometer, perambulator, etc.
noun:  An instrument for determining direction (and possibly other aspects of one's travel as well).
noun:  (figurative) A guide; A means of determining the direction in which to proceed.

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