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as in waft, signaler
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“Semaphore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semaphore. Accessed 6 Jun. 2020.
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The first known use of semaphore was in 1815
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