surveyaln.
/səˈveɪəl/ rare.
The act of surveying; survey.
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
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 451 The truth of this doctrine will farther appear by the declaration and surveyal of those respects according to which Christ is represented the Saviour of men.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. xiv. 262 Taken by the brain to shoot up to terrific heights of surveyal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
n.a1677