Word Meanings - COMPASSES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Riveter
  One who rivets.
• Describing
  of Describe
• Jointuring
  of Jointure
• Point-blank
  The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.
• Describe
  To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.
• Joinant
  Adjoining.
• Jointureless
  Having no jointure.
• Point d'appui
  See under Appui.
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• Branches
  of Branch
• Describent
  Same as Generatrix.
• Joinder
  The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
• Jointuress
  See Jointress.
• Point-device
  Alt. of Point-devise
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Consisted
  of Consist
• Describer
  One who describes.

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