See compass.
·noun A pair of compasses. II. Compass ·noun A circle; a continent. III. Compass ·noun An inclosed...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An instrument employed by navigators to guide the ship's course at sea. It consists of a circular bo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The magnetized bar of a mariner's compass. ...
·noun An <<Arcograph>>. II. Bow-compass ·noun A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate rivet...
·- The mariner's compass. ·see under <<Compass>>. ...
A superior graduated compass for ascertaining the amount of magnetic variation, by amplitude or azim...
To curve; also to obtain one's object. ...
A narrow saw, which, inserted in a hole bored by a centre-bit, follows out required curves. ...
Such as are curved, crooked, or arched, for ship-building. ...
That in which the card revolves in its bowl floated by alcohol, which prevents the needle from undue...
See fly ...
A compass so constructed as to hang with its face downwards, the point which supports the card being...
One so fitted with a glass prism for reading by reflection, that the eye can simultaneously observe ...
In Fleet Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
To say or repeat the mariner's compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Swinging a ship to every point of bearing, to note the variation or error of the needle upon each rh...
Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to...
See magnetic compensator. ...
The 32d part of the circumference, or 11° 15′. ...
To shoot wide of the mark. ...