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Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Constipation :: Constipation (n.) Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation..

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..

East :: East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise 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 which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west..

Paragraph :: Paragraph (v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article..

Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..

Compassing :: Compassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compas.

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..

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course..

Remorseful :: Remorseful (a.) Compassionate; feeling tenderly.

Bleeding :: Bleeding (a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion..

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

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..

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.

Card :: Card (n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

Compassionated :: Compassionated (imp. & p. p.) of Compassionat.

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..

Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E..

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..

Transit :: Transit (n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit..

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