geoscopy

== English == === Etymology === From geo- +‎ -scopy. === Noun === geoscopy (uncountable) (dated) Knowledge or study of the earth or soil, obtained by inspection. ==== Usage notes ==== This term is no longer in common parlance, and soil science is roughly the modern day equivalent. ==== Related terms ==== geoscopic === References === “geoscopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.