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

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..

Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.

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..

Harpings :: Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem..

Compendious :: Compendious (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

Compassed :: Compassed (a.) Rounded; arched.

Ambient :: Ambient (a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

Exposure :: Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc..

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..

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

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

Circle :: Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.

Condense :: Condense (v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize..

Point :: Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point..

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..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.

Southwest :: Southwest (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

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

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