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Definition of compass
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Compass
(v. t.) To reach
round;
to
circumvent;
to get
within
one's
power;
to
obtain;
to
accomplish.
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Divider
::
Divider
(n.) An
instrument
for
dividing
lines,
describing
circles,
etc.,
compasses.
See
Compasses..
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.
Sector
::
Sector
(n.) An
astronomical
instrument,
the limb of which
embraces
a small
portion
only of a
circle,
used for
measuring
differences
of
declination
too great for the
compass
of a
micrometer.
When it is used for
measuring
zenith
distances
of
stars,
it is
called
a
zenith
sector..
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..
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..
Compass
::
Compass
(n.) An
inclosing
limit;
boundary;
circumference;
as,
within
the
compass
of an
encircling
wall..
Circumambiency
::
Circumambiency
(n.) The act of
surrounding
or
encompassing.
Traverse
::
Traverse
(v. i.) To turn, as on a
pivot;
to move
round;
to
swivel;
as, the
needle
of a
compass
traverses;
if it does not
traverse
well, it is an
unsafe
guide..
Quaquaversal
::
Quaquaversal
(a.)
Dipping
toward
all
points
of the
compass
round a
center,
as beds of lava round a
crater..
Mercy
::
Mercy (n.)
Forbearance
to
inflict
harm under
circumstances
of
provocation,
when one has the power to
inflict
it;
compassionate
treatment
of an
offender
or
adversary;
clemency..
Card
::
Card (n.) A paper on which the
points
of the
compass
are
marked;
the dial or face of the
mariner's
compass.
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..
Isle
::
Isle (v. t.) To cause to
become
an
island,
or like an
island;
to
surround
or
encompass;
to
island..
Verge
::
Verge (n.) The
compass
of the court of
Marshalsea
and the
Palace
court,
within
which the lord
steward
and the
marshal
of the
king's
household
had
special
jurisdiction;
-- so
called
from the
verge,
or
staff,
which the
marshal
bore..
Compassionated
::
Compassionated
(imp. & p. p.) of
Compassionat.
Sweep
::
Sweep (n.) The
compass
of
anything
flowing
or
brushing;
as, the flood
carried
away
everything
within
its
sweep..
Register
::
Register
(v. i.) The
compass
of a voice or
instrument;
a
specified
portion
of the
compass
of a
voice,
or a
series
of vocal tones of a given
compass;
as, the
upper,
middle,
or lower
register;
the
soprano
register;
the tenor
register..
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..
Pantochronometer
::
Pantochronometer
(n.) An
instrument
combining
a
compass,
sundial,
and
universal
time
dial..
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..
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