Compass

1. An inclosed space; an area; extent.
2. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
3. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
4. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
5. A circle; a continent.
6. A pair of compasses.
7. To curve; to bend into a circular form.
8. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
9. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
10. To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
11. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
12. The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
13. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.
14. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.