surveyor : Idioms & Phrases

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Surveyor general

  • . (a) A principal surveyor; as, the surveyor general of the king's manors, or of woods and parks. Eng. (b) An officer having charge of the survey of the public lands of a land district. U.S. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
Webster 1913

Surveyor's compass

  • . See Circumferentor.
Webster 1913

surveyor's instrument

  • noun an instrument used by surveyors
    surveying instrument.
WordNet

Surveyor's level

  • noun surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of land
WordNet
  • . See under Level.
Webster 1913