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

Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To have compassion.

Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

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

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..

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..

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..

Encompassed :: Encompassed (imp. & p. p.) of Encompas.

Compassed :: Compassed (a.) Rounded; arched.

Encompassment :: Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention..

Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..

Compass :: Compass (n.) A circle; a continent.

Incompressible :: Incompressible (a.) Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible..

Compass :: Compass (n.) A pair of compasses.

Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other..

Inwreathe :: Inwreathe (v. t.) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.

Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.

Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

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