CPage 464
- English Word Compartment Definition One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
- English Word Compartner Definition See Copartner.
- English Word Compass Definition A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
- English Word Compass Definition An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
- English Word Compass Definition An inclosed space; an area; extent.
- English Word Compass Definition Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
- English Word Compass Definition Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
- English Word Compass Definition The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
- English Word Compass Definition 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.
- English Word Compass Definition A pair of compasses.
- English Word Compass Definition A circle; a continent.
- English Word Compass Definition To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
- English Word Compass Definition To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
- English Word Compass Definition To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
- English Word Compass Definition To curve; to bend into a circular form.
- English Word Compass Definition To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
- English Word Compassable Definition Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
- English Word Compassed Definition of Compass
- English Word Compassed Definition Rounded; arched.
- English Word Compasses Definition 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.