Definition of compass

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Compass (n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.

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Compassed :: Compassed (imp. & p. p.) of Compas.
Dial :: Dial (n.) A miner's compass.
Sea Card :: Sea card () Mariner's card, or compass..
Compassionable :: Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.
Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
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..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A beam compass. See under Beam.
Compassable :: Compassable (a.) Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
Close :: Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
Viola :: Viola (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass..
Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..
Tuck :: Tuck (v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves..
Amid :: Amid (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
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..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..
Orientation :: Orientation (n.) The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings..
Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about..
Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.
Cincture :: Cincture (n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.
Tinchel :: Tinchel (n.) A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass..
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