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See Calipash.

The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison.

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. 2 Kings iii. 9. This day I breathed first; time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end; My life is run his compass. Shak.

Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.

Rounded; arched. [Obs.] She came . . . into the compassed window. Shak.

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.

Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

r misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. Womanly igenuity set to work by womanly compassion. Macaulay.

Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow.

iful. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South.

In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.

The quality or state of being compassionate.

Having no compass. Knowles.

Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.

Feeding. [R.]

To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.] Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone. A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn.

Same as Diapason. [Obs.] A tuneful diapase of pleasures. Spenser.

Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [Obs.]

otes an octave apart; harmony. The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason. Milton.