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

Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..

Point :: Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point..

Compendious :: Compendious (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

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..

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

Corridor :: Corridor (n.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

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

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..

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..

In :: In (prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among..

Compassionable :: Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.

Compassable :: Compassable (a.) Capable of being compassed or accomplished.

Compasses :: Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move..

Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.

Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..

Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

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