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Mariner's compass

noun

Compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north. Synonym: compass card.

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"Mariner's compass" Quotes from Famous Books

... To say or repeat the mariner's compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answer any and all questions respecting its divisions. ...

— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.

... a railroad from Missouri River to Puget Sound." It opens with a review of the great events in the world which have had a direct and all-important bearing upon the United States. Hitherto, since the modern mastery of the ocean through the mariner's compass and the science of navigation, the Atlantic had been the domain of sea power. The Pacific was in future to be the scene of greater opportunities and grander commercial developments. With China and Japan entering the brotherhood of nations, and Russia extending its power towards the ...

— Charles Carleton Coffin - War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman • William Elliot Griffis

Words linked to "Mariner's compass" : compass card, magnetic compass