Ebyn compass (kumpas)

t. [Early mod. E. also cumpa e; IMG:content-0909.jpg:[graphic] Compa -face, or Compa -card. cides with an imaginary line parallel to the keel of the ship, and the point of the compa -card which is directly against this line indicates the direction of the ship's head. The indication is, however, subject to a certain modifica- tion, owing to the variation of the magnetic meridian (see variation ) and the deviation of the needle caused by the iron in the ship (see deviation of the compa , under de- viation). The regulation compa in the United States navy, and the one also used on many mail-steamers, is known as Ritchie's liquid compa , in which the card is a skeleton, and the bowl, having a gla top, after being filled with a fluid composed of about one third alcohol and two thirds water, is hermetically sealed. Our Course by Stars above we cannot know, Without the Compa too below. IMG:content-0910.png:[blocks in formation] With favour wilt thou compa him as with a shield. Ps. v. 12. Now, all the ble ings Of a glad father compa thee about! Shak ., Tempest, v. 1. This parlor was lined with oak; fine, dark, glo y panels compa ed the walls gloomily and grandly. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xi. Tennyson, To the Queen. Compa 'd by the inviolate sea. 2. To go about or round; make the circuit of. The seventh day ye shall compa the city seven times. Josh. vi. 4. 3. To obtain; attain to; procure; gain; bring within one's power; accomplish. 'Tis but her picture I have yet beheld, And that hath dazzled my reason's light:.. If I can check my erring love, I will; If not, to compa her I'll use my skill. Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 4. Earl Richard having given infinitely to compa his Advancement, looked to help himself again by the Place. Baker , Chronicles, p. 85. The man who strives to bring in a future state of things which is still so distant that none but himself sees it to be future, will certainly not compa his object. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 221. 4. To purpose; intend; imagine; plot; contrive. [Obsolete except as a legal term.] And som me to dyuyne and dyuyde, numbres to kenne, And craftely [skilfully] to compas sen , and colours to make. Piers Plowman (C), xxii. 241. compa Compa ing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compa signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. Black stone . 51. To canva ; reflect upon; ponder. Mony day he endurit in his depe thoght, And ay compast the cases in his clene hert. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 10115. make circular or curved: as, to compa timber 6. To bend in the form of a circle or curve; for a ship. [Obsolete except in carpentry.] To be compa ed , like a good bilbo, in the circumference of a peck. Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 5. =Syn. 3. To achieve, bring about, effect, secure. 1143 O heavens! can you hear a good man groan, And not relent, or not compa ion him? Shak., Tit. And., iv. 1. To whom shall I my case complain, That may compa ion my impatient grief? compear compa -signal (kum'pas-signal), n. A signal denoting a point of the compa . compa -timber (kum'pastim" bėr), n. In carp., curved or crooked timber. pa ionate. Cotgrave. compa (kum'pas), adv. [Short for in (or to ) compa ionaryt (kom-pash'on-a-ri), a. Com a (or the ) compa : see compa , n.] 1. In a compa or curve; in archery, at an elevation. They were fastened on the right shoulder, and fell com pa down the back in gracious folds. B. Jonson, Masque of Hymen. Shoot not so much compa ; be brief, and answer me. Shirley, Grateful Servant, v. 1. Their arrows were all shot compa , so as our men, standing single, could easily see and avoid them. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 236. 21. To the limit. I haue now lyued compa e , for Adams olde Apron must make Eue a new Kirtle. Lyly , Euphues and his England, p. 323. compa able (kum'pas-a-bl), a. [ compa + -able.] Capable of being compa ed. compa -board (kum'pas-bord), n. An upright board through which the neck-twines pa in certain forms of looms; a hole-board.