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Dumpy Level
Webster's Dictionary
A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dumpy Level'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dumpy-level.html. 1828.