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Meanings of Jacob's staff in English

Russian
градшток
Portuguese
balestilha
Spanish
palo de jacob
Catalan
vara de jacob
Wikidata

Calibrated wooden rod with sliding crosspiece used for measuring the altitude of celestial bodies or the height of distant objects.

градшток

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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Usage of Jacob's staff in English
1
The bear again disappeared, taking the Jacob's staff, and appeared no more that night.
Bears I Have Met—and Others
2
7 And in his hand a Jacob's staff, to stay
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01