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Inclinnometer :: Inclinnometer (n.) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle..

Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

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

Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround..

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..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..

Compressible :: Compressible (a.) Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance..

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

Basset Horn :: Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves..

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 purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

Within :: Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income..

Sea Compass :: Sea compass () The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

Close :: Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

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

Misericorde :: Misericorde (n.) Compassion; pity; mercy.

Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..

Compass :: Compass (n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument..

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