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| Ja·cob's staff (plural Ja·cob's staffs or Ja·cob's staves) |
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medieval measuring instrument: a medieval instrument for measuring distance
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| [< the pilgrim's staff that is a symbol of St. James ( ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus), or the staff of Jacob in the Bible (Genesis 30:10)] |
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