Nauscopy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nauscopy \Naus"co*py\, n. [Gr. nay^s ship + -scopy: cf. F.
     nauscopie.] (Naut.)
     The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable
     distances.
     [1913 Webster]