These are the meanings of the letters PCOMSAS when you unscramble them.
- Compass (n.)
A circle; a continent.
- Compass (n.)
A pair of compasses.
- Compass (n.)
A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
- Compass (n.)
An inclosed space; an area; extent.
- Compass (n.)
An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
- Compass (n.)
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.
- Compass (n.)
Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
- Compass (n.)
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
- Compass (n.)
The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
- Compass (v. t.)
To curve; to bend into a circular form.
- Compass (v. t.)
To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
- Compass (v. t.)
To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
- Compass (v. t.)
To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
- Compass (v. t.)
To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.