Definition of survey

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Survey (v. t.) To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country..

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Resurvey :: Resurvey (v. t.) To survey again or anew; to review.
Arpentator :: Arpentator (n.) The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor..
Unlocated :: Unlocated (a.) Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands..
Dialing :: Dialing (n.) A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor..
Surveying :: Surveyance (n.) Survey; inspection.
View :: View (v. t.) To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects..
Theodolite :: Theodolite (n.) An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed..
Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
Surview :: Surview (v. t.) To survey; to make a survey of.
Reconnoitre :: Reconnoitre (v. t.) To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations..
View :: View (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight..
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark..
Surveyance :: Surveyal (n.) Survey.
Perambulate :: Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line..
Azimuth :: Azimuth (n.) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying..
Glance :: Glance (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
Staff :: Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike..
Lineman :: Lineman (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
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