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meid

nounsea

paired landmark for marine navigation

A conspicuous land feature that, when aligned with another, serves as a navigation sight for fishermen to fix and hold their position at sea.

Example in use

Pit the meid an yon craig in line an haud yer grund

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/MAYD/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: made

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