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Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.

Compassionating :: Compassionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compassionat.

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

Compass :: Compass (n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other..

Ruth :: Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.

Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..

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..

Pity :: Pity (v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering..

Surrounding :: Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..

Mezzo-soprano :: Mezzo-soprano (a.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.

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

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

Clement :: Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

Volume :: Volume (n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas..

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.

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