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Circumambiency :: Circumambiency (n.) The act of surrounding or encompassing.

Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..

Spread :: Spread (n.) Extent; compass.

Remorseful :: Remorseful (a.) Compassionate; feeling tenderly.

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..

Gold-bound :: Gold-bound (a.) Encompassed with gold.

Diaphemetric :: Diaphemetric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses..

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..

Pitiable :: Pitiable (a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness..

Corridor :: Corridor (n.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos

Condense :: Condense (v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize..

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.

Outcompass :: Outcompass (v. t.) To exceed the compass or limits of.

Compassless :: Compassless (a.) Having no compass.

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course..

Coop :: Coop (v. t.) To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in..

Dial :: Dial (n.) A miner's compass.

Calibre :: Calibre (n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.

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