Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
circumferentor , 1.
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Examples
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Fortunately I had a fine small land-compass, which Gen. Macomb had presented to the late John Johnston, Esq., of St. Mary's, many years before, and thus I measurably repaired his loss.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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Fortunately I had a fine small land-compass, which Gen. Macomb had presented to the late John Johnston, Esq., of St. Mary's, many years before, and thus I measurably repaired his loss.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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