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dumpy level
noun
, Surveying.
- an instrument consisting of a spirit level mounted under and parallel to a telescope, the latter being rigidly attached to its supports.
dumpy level
noun
- surveying a levelling instrument consisting of a horizontal telescope with various rotational arrangements and a spirit level
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dumpy level1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
Water from its dumpy level Shall elevate each thirsty soul: And if dull care approach our revel, We'll drown it in the sugar bowl.
From Project Gutenberg
He knew every subtle incline of the seven or eight miles of ground between Hintock and Sherton Abbas—the market-town to which he journeyed—as accurately as any surveyor could have learned it by a Dumpy level.
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