waywiser

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An instrument for measuring distance travelled, such as an odometer, pedometer, perambulator, etc.

   “I went to see Colonel Blount, who showed me the application of the "Waywiser" to a coach, exactly measuring the miles and showing them by an index as we went along.”

2. isim An instrument for determining direction (and possibly other aspects of one's travel as well).

   “THE Waywiser is an instrument whereby a man may steer himself where there is no path, or underground, in a mine; or find his way if he have lost it.”

3. isim A guide; A means of determining the direction in which to proceed.

   “We have not sought to make a treatise, but only to set up a waywiser or signpost to show the road the law is taking .”