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Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

Aspect :: Aspect (n.) Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south..

Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..

Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

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

Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..

Within :: Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income..

Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

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

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass..

Compass :: Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within..

Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..

Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely..

Sea Card :: Sea card () Mariner's card, or compass..

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

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