Definition of survey

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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..

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Chorograph :: Chorograph (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc..
Unlocated :: Unlocated (a.) Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands..
Episcopy :: Episcopy (n.) Survey; superintendence.
Perambulation :: Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc..
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Reconnaissance :: 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..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
Township :: Township (n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections..
Survey :: Survey (n.) The act of surveying; a general view, as from above..
Surveying :: Surveyance (n.) Survey; inspection.
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..
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..
Lineman :: Lineman (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc..
Chart :: 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..
Command :: Command (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey..
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
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..
Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
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