Definition of compass

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Compass (n.) A pair of compasses.

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Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..
North :: North (n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south..
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..
East :: East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west..
Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E..
Divider :: Divider (n.) An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses..
Pity :: Pity (v. i.) To be compassionate; to show pity.
Vane :: Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc..
Incompassionate :: Incompassionate (a.) Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.
Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
Compassionating :: Compassionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compassionat.
Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.
Binnacle :: Binnacle (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night..
Compress :: Compress (v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water..
Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..
Palinurus :: Palinurus (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.
Southwest :: Southwest (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
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..
Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..
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