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

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

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..

Circumambient :: Circumambient (a.) Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.

Compassion :: Compassion (v. t.) To pity.

Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water..

Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

On :: On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him..

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

Dial :: Dial (n.) A miner's compass.

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..

Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

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..

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..

Headstall :: Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..

Calibre :: Calibre (n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.

Cyclopaedia :: Cyclopaedia (n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

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