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Periscii :: Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass..

Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.

Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

On :: On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him..

Rectifier :: Rectifier (n.) Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.

Compasses :: Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move..

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater..

Sea Compass :: Sea compass () The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

Compressible :: Compressible (a.) Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance..

Draught :: Draught (a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses..

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Ambit :: Ambit (n.) Circuit or compass.

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.

Compassion :: Compassion (v. t.) To pity.

Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls..

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

Compass :: Compass (n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument..

Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

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