Stauroscope

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

  Stauroscope \Stau"ro*scope\ (st[add]"r[-o]*sk[=o]p), n. [Gr.
     stayro`s a cross + -scope.] (Crystallog.)
     An optical instrument used in determining the position of the
     planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
     [1913 Webster]