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Sea Compass :: Sea compass () The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

Compassionable :: Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.

Circummure :: Circummure (v. t.) To encompass with a wall.

Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..

Vane :: Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc..

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

Compassing :: Compassing (a.) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers..

Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment..

Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..

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

Miniature :: Miniature (v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale..

Lily :: Lily (n.) That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

Round :: Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

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

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..

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

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