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ear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance. E. Ererett. Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.

An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.

A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.

To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

A method of surveying or map making by photography, used also in determining the height and motions of clouds, sea waves, and the like.

ographic cameras, the plates of which may be brought into exactly the same plane, used in surveying and map making. From the differences between two pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained.

he whole map. Polyconic projection is that in use in the United States coast and geodetic survey.

ng altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90º, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direct…

The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:

To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.

lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.

A second or repeated view; a reëxamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party. G. W. Cable.

of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

o hasten along with superficial attention. They skim over a science in a very superficial survey. I. Watts.

tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

istance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadi…

he long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal. Ex. xxxviii. 7. With forks and staves the felon to pursue. Dryden.