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pelorus

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pelorus [pə′lȯr·əs]
(navigation)
A compass card suitably mounted and provided with vanes to permit observation of the true or relative bearings; it may not include a magnetic compass, in which case reference must be made to a local compass to give true or magnetic bearings.


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Milton Sublette was the Pelorus of this adventurous bark; being somewhat experienced in this wild kind of navigation.
 
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