 
		
		Definition of compass:
		
		
		(n) :
		
		a magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually 
magnetic north); a 
pair of compasses (a device used with a pencil to draw an arc or circle on paper)
		
 
			
	
		
								
				"1658, Near the same plot of ground, for about six yards compasse were digged up coals and incinerated substances -- Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 9)"