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Compass
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A circle; a continent.
(2):
(n.) A pair of compasses.
(3):
(n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
(4):
(n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
(7):
(v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
(8):
(n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; - used with within.
(9):
(n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.
(10):
(n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
(11):
(v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form.
(12):
(v. t.) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
(13):
(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.
(14):
(v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Compass'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/compass.html. 1828.
