spirit leveling
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noun Surveying.
leveling according to the indications of a spirit level.
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Origin of spirit leveling
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby spirit leveling
spiritism, Spirit Lake, spirit lamp, spiritless, spirit level, spirit leveling, spirit of enterprise, spirit of hartshorn, spirit of nitrous ether, spiritoso, spiritous
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