Definition of compass

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Compass (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination..

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Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround..
Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..
Bleeding :: Bleeding (a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion..
Range :: Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority..
Spread :: Spread (n.) Extent; compass.
Amid :: Amid (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Compass :: Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within..
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration..
Register :: Register (v. i.) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register..
Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..
Southwest :: Southwest (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W..
Compassless :: Compassless (a.) Having no compass.
Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion..
Around :: Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
Incompassion :: Incompassion (n.) Want of compassion or pity.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..
Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.
Card :: Card (n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
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