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

Compass :: Compass (n.) A pair of compasses.

Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other..

Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..

Circle :: Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle..

Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..

Dial :: Dial (n.) A miner's compass.

Compassion :: Compassion (v. t.) To pity.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..

Close :: Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

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

Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

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..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..

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

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.

Encompassment :: Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention..

Remorse :: Remorse (n.) Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

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