surveyor's compass
Americannoun
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The only surveyor's compass; and the worst of it is, 't was a borrowed one.
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
They found his surveyor's compass still set upon its staff.
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
While incapacitated from mental or physical labor he obtained a surveyor's compass, and more for pastime than any thought of becoming a surveyor, he studied the elements of surveying.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various
A surveyor's compass and staff, a spinning wheel; old blue dishes covered with hair-like lines.
From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Jones, Adele W.
Then Ethan Allen broke the surveyor’s compass with his own hands and tossed the fragments away.
From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Robinson, Rowland E.
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