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Engird :: Engird (v. t.) To gird; to encompass.

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..

Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Inwreathe :: Inwreathe (v. t.) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form.

Commiseration :: Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion..

Compass :: Compass (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.

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..

Pack :: Pack (n.) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish..

Rosinweed :: Rosinweed (n.) The compass plant. See under Compass.

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

Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

Mad :: Mad (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.

Compass :: Compass (n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint..

Compasses :: Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move..

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..

Incompassionate :: Incompassionate (a.) Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.

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

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