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Bow-pen :: Bow-pen (n.) Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.

Paragraph :: Paragraph (v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article..

Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..

Compassable :: Compassable (a.) Capable of being compassed or accomplished.

Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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..

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence..

Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..

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..

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

Circle :: Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..

Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..

Compass :: Compass (n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

Room :: Room (n.) Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room..

Ambient :: Ambient (a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

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

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