compass saw

A saw with a narrow blade, adapted to run in a circle of moderate radius. By a rotation of the hand it is constantly swerved, and its kerf allows it some play, so that it cuts in a curve. It is usually thick enough on the cutting edge to run without any set. The blade is an inch wide next to the handle, tapers to one quarter inch at the point, and has five teeth to the inch. Otherwise known as a Fret-saw, Lock-saw, or Key-hole saw. "The compa - saw should not have its teeth set, as other saws have; but the edge of it should be made so broad, and the back so thin, that it may easily follow the broad edge. Its office is to cut a round; and therefore the edge must be made broad, and the back thin, that the back may have a wide kerf to turn in."-Moxon. compa -timber, s . Timber naturally crooked, curved, or arched, used for ships' frames, to secure deck-beams to the frames, . compa -window, s. Arch.: A circular, bay, or oriel window. *compa -wise, *compas-wyse, adv . In manner of a circle. "A serpent great did slyde, with circles seuen of mighty sise Along the graue he drew with foldings seuen in compas-wyse." Phaer.: Virgill . Æniedos , bk. v. com-pa , *com-pas, *cum-pa , v . t . & i. [0. Fr. com pa er ; Sp. compasar ; Port. compa ar ; Ital.compa are.] [COMPASS, 8.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: *1. Literally: (1) To go round or about, circuit. "He compas side alle the cuntreis of Egipt."- Wycliffe : Genesis xli. 16. ( Purvey .) "Old Corineus compa ed thrice the crew." Dryden: Virgil ; Æneid , vi. 327. (2) To encircle, to surround, to environ; to inclose or embrace; to besiege, to beleaguer or block up. (a) Absolutely. "The compast the knight, closit hym within." Destr. of Troy , 10,292. (b) Followed by the adverb about . ". and they came by night, and compa ed the city about."-2 Kings vi. 14. (c) Followed by the adverb in. "And they compa ed him in, and laid wait for him."- Judges xvi. 2. (d) Followed by the adverbs around or round . (5) To seize, to attack. IMG:content-0368.png:[ocr errors] ." that he himself also is compa ed with infirm ity." Heb. v. 2. (6) To surround, to attend closely on, to accom pany. "Now all the ble ings Of a glad father compa thee about." Shakesp.: Tempest, v. 1. (7) To invest, to beset, to surround hostilely. "When waves of death compa me." Ps. xviii. 4. (8) To surround, to encircle. with favor compa as a shield." Ps. v. 12. II. Technically : 1. Law : To enter into a plot or design, or to take measures for the carrying out of any criminal act, especially in the phrase to compa the death of any person. 2. Naval Arch .: To bend timber into a curve for the building of ships. [COMPASS-TIMBER.] *B. Intransitive : 1. Lit .: To go round or in a circle. "To compas; girare, circinare et cetera: vbi to go a-bowte."- Cathol . Anglicum . 2. Fig .: To plot, to plan or intend. "He compa ed in his thought To maken hir a schamful deth to deye." Chauncer: C. Т. , 5,011. com'-pa -a-ble, a. [Eng. compa ; -able .] Capable of being compa ed ( lit. & fig .). ( Burke .) com'-pa ed, pa . par . or a . [COMPASS, v.] A. As pa. par.: In senses corresponding to those of the verb. B. As adj.: Circular, rounded. compa ed-window, s. Arch.: The same as COMPASS-WINDOW (q. v.). com-pa -er, s. [Eng. compa , v.; -er.] One who compa es or plots. IMG:content-0369.png:[blocks in formation] Chaucer: House of Fame, iii. 99. 1. Law : The act of plotting or entering into a design for the carrying out of any criminal act. Specially used of plotting the death of the chief "Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and executive, which is treason. To provide weapons compa thee round , and keep thee in on every side."- Luke xix. 43. "Observe the crowds that compa him around." Dryden: Virgil . (e) Followed by the adverbs round about . (3) To inclose with a wall, IMG:content-0370.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0371.png:[ocr errors] erties in one thing,."-Barrow, vol. ii., serm. 9. com-păt-i-ble, *com-pet-i-ble, a . [Fr. & Sp. compatible; Port. compativel; Ital. comp at i bile ; Low Lat. compatibilis , from Lat. comp at i or = to suffer together; wrongly taken by some as altered from competible (q. v.); from competo =to go or come together, and peto =to go to, to seek. Putten ham in 1589 ranked this word among those then quite recently introduced into the language.] Consistent with, congruous, in harmony with, suitable, fit, agreeable to. such qualities as are by nature the most com- patible ; valor with anger, anger, meekne with piety, and pru- dence with di imulation."-Broome. (1) Rarely (followed by to ): "The object of the will is such a good as is compatible to an intellectual nature."- Hale : Origin of Mankind. (2) Generally (followed by with ): and scarce compatible with his state at home." -Baker: Edw. III . an. 1347. Crabb thus discriminates between compatible and consistent: " Compatibility has a principal ref- erence to plans and measures; consistency to char- acter, conduct, and station. Everything is comp at- ible with a plan which does not interrupt its prosecution; everything is consistent with a per son's station by which it is neither degraded nor elevated. It is not compatible with the good disci- pline of a school to allow of foreign interference; it is not consistent with the elevated and dignified character of a clergyman to engage in the ordinary pursuits of other men." ( Crabb : Eng . Synon.) com-păt-1-ble-ne , 8. [Eng. compatible ; -ne .] The quality of being compatible; con- sistency, congruity, harmony, fitne , agreement. com-păt-1-bly, adv . [Eng. compatib (le); -ly.] In a compatible manner, consistently, congruously, harmoniously, in agreement with. *com-pā-tient (tient as shent), a. [Lat.com- patiens suffering together, pr. par. of comp at i or , To have compa ion on, to pity, commiserate, or sympathize with. "Compa ionates my pains, and pities me! What is compa ion, when 'tis void of love?" Add is on: Cato. [COMPAS- com-past, pa . par . or a. [COMPASS, v .] "The yeare begins his compast course anew." Spenser: Sonnet, 62. IMG:content-0372.png:[blocks in formation] com-pëar-ançe, s. [Scotch compear ; -ance.] law. The act of putting in an appearance in a court of com-pear-ant, s. [Scotch compear , and Eng., ., suff. -ant.] The same as COMPEARER (q. v.). com-pëar-er, s. [Scotch compear , and Eng. suff. -er.] One who compears in a law court, specially if he do so spontaneously, to request that he shall be allowed to constitute himself a party to a suit as it affects his interest. ( Scotch .) com-pëer, *com-per, *cum-per, s. [O. Fr. compeer, compair ; Lat. compar , from com = cum = with, and par =equal.] A companion, a comrade, a mate; one equal in age or position; an equal. "Yon thorn-perchance whose prickly spears Have fenced him for three hundred years, While fell around his green compeers Scott: Marmion, introd. to canto ii. com-pëʼer, v. t. [COMPEER, 8.] To equal, to match, to mate. "In my rights, By me invested, he compeers the best." Shakesp.: King Lear , v. 3. IMG:content-0373.png:[blocks in formation] ce com pell a tory to appear in any court, Cavendish: Life of Cardinal Wolsey. com-pěl'led, pa . par . & a. [COMPEL, v .] A. As pa . par .: (In senses corresponding to those of the verb.) compelling com-pěl'-ling, pr. par., a. & s. [COMPEL, v.] A. As pr.par.: (In senses corresponding to those of the verb.) B. As adj .: Exercising power or authority; resistle . C. As subst.: The act of forcing or constraining; compulsion, constraint. *com-pěl'-ling-ly, adv . [Eng. compelling ; -ly.] By way of compulsion; compulsorily. "Not evidently, compellingly nece arily." - Taylor : Real Presence, в. 2. *com-pend, 8. [COMPENDIUM.] "Fix in memory the discourses, and abstract them into brief compends ." -Watts: Improv. of the Mind. *com-pen-di-är-i-ous, a . [Lat. compendiarius = of the nature of a compendium, abridged.] Abridged, brief, concise, compendious. ( Bailey .) *com-pend-I-āte, v. t. [Lat. compendia tum , sup. of compendio =to abridge.] To collect together or contain briefly or concisely, to epitomize. "It concludeth in the last with that which concludeth and compendia teth all ble ing, peace upon Israel."- Bp . of London: Vine Palatine (1614), p. 2.