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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.
- Survey - v. t. - To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
- 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.
- Survey - v. t. - To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.
- Survey - v. t. - To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
- Survey - n. - The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
- Survey - n. - A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
- 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.
- Surveyal - n. - Survey.
- Surveyance - n. - Survey; inspection.
- Surveyed - imp. & p. p. - of Survey
- Surveying - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Survey
- Surveying - n. - That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.
- Surveyor - n. - One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
- Surveyor - n. - One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.
- Surveyor - n. - One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
- Surveyor - n. - An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.
- 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.
- Surveyorship - n. - The office of a surveyor.
- 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.
- Resurvey - v. t. - To survey again or anew; to review.
- 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.
- Survey - v. t. - To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.
- 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.
- View - v. t. - To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects.
- Base - n. - A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- Surview - v. t. - To survey; to make a survey of.
- Map - v. t. - To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
- Reconnaissance - n. - An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.
- Traverse - a. - To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- Survey - n. - A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
- Reconnaissance - n. - An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
- Dial - v. t. - To survey with a dial.
- Perambulation - n. - An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.
- Chart - n. - A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.
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