Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pilgrim's staff.
  • noun A staff concealing a dagger.
  • noun A support for a surveyor's compass, consisting of a single leg, instead of the tripod ordinarily used.
  • noun A cross-staff.
  • noun The group of three stars in a straight line in the belt of Orion, also called the ell-and-yard, our Lady's wand, etc. The leader of the three is δ Orionis, a very white variable star.
  • noun verbascum Thapsus, the common mullen.

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  • noun desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers

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