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An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.

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  1. n. An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
  2. n. an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation
  3. An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.
  4. An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr theslope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.
  5. n. an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation