Compass

kum'pas, n. A circuit; chcumference; an inclosing limit; boundary; an inclosed space; area; extent; capacity, (iff us.) Range of notes comprehended by any voice or instrument. "% S SUfat A magnetic instrument, to determine the cardinal points.— ^ V. [COMPASSED (-past), -PASsing.} To go about or around; sA% to inclose on all sides; to besiege or invest; to get within reach, or within one's power; to purpose, imagine, plot, gain, consummate. [F. compos, LL. compa us, a circle, Mariner's Compa , circuit, round, L. con and pa vs, a pace, step, later a wav, route, — hence, a way that joins itself, circuit.] — Mariner's compa . One which has needle permanently attached to a card, so that both move together, the card being divided into 32 parts, or points.— To fetch a compa . To go round in a circuit. — Com'pa able, a. Capable of being, etc. — Com'pa es, -ez, n. pi. An instrument to describe circles, measure figures, etc.