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Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street..

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..

Profile :: Profile (n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc..

Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire..

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..

Geodetical :: Geodetical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers..

Call :: Call (n.) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land..

Station :: Station (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.

Surveyorship :: Surveyor (n.) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port..

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..

Surveyance :: Surveyal (n.) Survey.

Rodsman :: Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party..

Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..

Surveying :: Surveyance (n.) Survey; inspection.

Surveyal :: Survey (n.) The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it..

Command :: Command (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.

Review :: Review (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life..

Resurvey :: Resurvey (v. t.) To survey again or anew; to review.

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