单词 | surveying |
释义 | surveyingn. The action of survey v. 1. The action of viewing or examining in detail (esp. officially); †the exploration (of a country). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] surveyancec1386 surveying1467 survey1548 view1569 reviewing1573 review1604 traverse1658 retrospection1661 surveyala1677 reconnaissance1815 reconnoissance1824 look-see1876 look-over1883 reconnoitre1891 poke round1901 traversal1903 recce1941 tour d'horizon1952 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > of land, etc. viewa1325 perambulation?a1500 surveying1577 reconnaissance1838 reconnoissance1856 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching a place or country for discovery discovery?1574 exploring1577 exploration1616 surveying1632 explorement1646 1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 598/2 The surveying aswell of the Veerte as of the Venyson of oure Forest. 1577 V. Leigh (title) The..science of Surueying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes. 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 74 If great occasion shall be for the surveyinge of the whole..of the howses or landes to the schole belonginge. 1629 Vse of Law 10 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Besides surueying of the Pledges of Free-men and giuing the oath of Allegeance, and making Constables. 1632 W. Lithgow (title) The totall discourse, of the rare aduentures..of long nineteene yeares trauayles..in surueighing of forty eight kingdomes. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) i. 5 Commissions for the surveying and repairing of Walls, Banks and Rivers. 2. The process or art of making surveys of land: see survey n. 5a, survey v. 2, and land-surveying n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] surveying1551 geodesy1570 survey1610 geodetics1677 land-surveying1771 gromatics1873 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. Ep. King In suruaiyng & measuring of landes. 1639 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1877) II. 41 A great lott..twelve acrs, paying for the same..three shillings an acr upon the entrance of the platform or bounders thereof, after the Surveying of it. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece Pref. sig. Aii I..reduced their Positions into Triangles;..an ordinary rule in surveighing. a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) ii. 248 This King wrote a book of surveying, which gave a beginning to Geometry. 1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 671/2 Naval Surveying, the science of determining the lines on which seas may be safely navigated. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > superintendence oversighta1400 surviewc1421 supervisionc1475 supervisorship1482 survey1535 surveying1538 superintendence1559 superintendency1579 superinspection1617 supervising1634 intendment1638 supravision1642 surintendency1650 supervisal1652 supervisure1690 intendancy1727 surintendence1744 supervisance1816 overseering1854 overseeing1890 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Libitinarius, he that hath the suruayeng and charge aboute burienges. Compounds C1. attributive. Applied to instruments or appliances used for, and to ships employed in, surveying. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective] > of instruments for surveying surveying1641 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 4 Discipline, whose golden survaying reed..measures every quarter and circuit of new Jerusalem. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. i. 2 In that socket you put the head of your three legged Surveying-Staff. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 134 Having gotten together all the surveighing chains the city afforded..we went into the Church. 1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 17 Reducing scale,..Sometimes 'tis called a Surveying Scale. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Surveying Cross..in France &c. it serves in lieu of a Theodolite. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Quadrant The Common or Surveying Quadrant..is made of Brass, Wood, or other Matter. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Perambulator,..an Instrument for the measuring of Distances, call'd also Pedometer, Way-wiser, and Surveying Wheel. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 108/2 A very useful..addition to the ordinary Surveying Poles. 1846 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) I. ii. 26 Surveying ships are totally different from the ordinary run of men-of-war. 1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. Surveying Chain, a measuring chain 66 feet long, with iron rings and links. 1905 A. R. Wallace My Life I. vi. 86 My strong surveying boots cost 14s. a pair. surveying-board n. ΚΠ a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 45 xx squires attendaunt uppon the King's person..to help serve his table from the surveying bourde, and from other places, as the assewer woll assigne. surveying-place n. a sideboard or hatch on which the dishes were placed ready for serving at a meal under the direction of the ‘surveyor’ (surveyor n. 1d). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > table for serving meals from surveying-place?1445 breakfast-board1544 credence1567 ?1445 in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 78 Hath made..a new halle with a squillery, saucery and surveyng place, al of new. c1600 in Archaeologia 64 392 The surveying place by the kitchin dore. 1608 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 494 Ye kitchen, butry, surveying place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022). surveyingadj. That surveys: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > surveying surveying1592 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 21 Hir [sc. an Eagle's] suruaighing spreding traine. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love v. iv. sig. L Whose Courtly Habit is the grace of the Presence, and delight of the surueying eye. View more context for this quotation a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) vi. 28 The worlds surveighing Lamp. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 561 A steepy Mountain..Whence the surveying Sight the neather Ground commands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.?1445adj.1592 |
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