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Webster 1913 Edition


Perambulator

Per-am′bu-laˊtor

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Noun.
1.
One who perambulates.
2.
A surveyor’s instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See
Odometer
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Perambulator

PERAM'BULATOR

,
Noun.
An instrument or wheel for measuring distances, to be used in surveying or traveling; called also a pedometer.