Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COS'MO-LABE
COS'MO-LABE, n. [s as z. Gr. κοσμος, world, and λαμβανω, to take.]
An ancient instrument for measuring distances in the heavens or on earth, much the same as the astrolabe, and called also pantacosm. – Encyc.
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