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Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark..

Mark :: Mark (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark..

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..

View :: View (v. t.) To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects..

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..

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

Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.

Survey :: Survey (n.) The act of surveying; a general view, as from above..

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

Survise :: Surview (n.) A survey.

Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..

Course :: Course (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race..

Fanion :: Fanion (n.) A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.

Lineman :: Lineman (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc..

Surview :: Surveyorship (n.) The office of a surveyor.

Survey :: 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..

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..

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..

Arpentator :: Arpentator (n.) The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor..

Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..

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