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

Ambit :: Ambit (n.) Circuit or compass.

Draught :: Draught (a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses..

Span :: Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder..

Tripod :: Tripod (n.) A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument..

Compass :: Compass (n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.

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

Compassed :: Compassed (imp. & p. p.) of Compas.

Bow-compasses :: Bow-compasses (pl. ) of Bow-compas.

Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..

Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..

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

Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall..

West :: West (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set 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 on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east..

Compassionately :: Compassionately (adv.) In a compassionate manner; mercifully.

Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..

Compass :: Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within..

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

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