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- Leveling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Level
- Leveling - n. - The act or operation of making level.
- Leveling - n. - The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.
- Rodsman - n. - One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.
- Y - n. - One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.
- Boning - n. - A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t.
- Harrow - n. - To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
- Furring - n. - The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.
- Backsight - n. - The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.
- Water level - - A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.
- Target - n. - The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- Rand - n. - A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
- Cuddy - n. - A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
- Foresight - n. - Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
- Li bella - n. - A level, or leveling instrument.
- Leveling - n. - The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.
- Strike - n. - An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.