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COMPASS.—A ‘compass’ is the space occupied by a circle, or the circle itself: Pro_8:27 ‘he set a compass upon the face of the deep’ (AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘a circle’) usually explained of the horizon, which seems to be a circle resting on the ocean. To ‘fetch a compass’ (Num_34:5, Jos_15:3, 2Sa_5:23, 2Ki_3:9) is to make a circuit or simply ‘go round.’ The tool for making a circle is a compass (Isa_44:13).—See Arts and Crafts, § 1.