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Outkeeper

An attachment to a surveyors compass for keeping tally in chaining

Palinurus

bearing of the sun and thence the variation of the compass

Pantochronometer

An instrument combining a compass sundial and universal time dial

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Periscians

will move entirely round falling toward every point of the compass

Purprise

A close or inclosure the compass of a manor

Sea card

Mariners card or compass

Hors de son fee

fee (out of his fee), where land is without the compass of a person's fee, 9 Rep. 30; 2 Mod. 104.

Abridgment

[fr. abreviamentum, Lat.], a large work contracted into a narrow compass; a summary, epitome, or compendium. As to how far this

Chase

as officers, laws, courts; and yet it is of larger compass than a park, having more officers an game than a

Deciners, Decenniers, or Doziners

for the maintenance of the King's peace. The limit and compass of their jurisdiction was called decenna, because it commonly consisted

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