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Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater..

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

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

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

Wind :: Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds..

Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..

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

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

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..

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

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

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..

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

Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

Surrounding :: Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.

Contract :: Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action..

Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To have compassion.

Around :: Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

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

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

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