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单词 to keep even compass
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to keep even compass
1. Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par compas, à compas, Italian a compasso), with measure and order, with regularity, regularly. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > proportion or ratio
numbera1387
proportiona1387
compassc1400
quantity1556
proport1565
Numb.1653
scale1662
ratio1663
ration1728
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 944 Ho watȝ þe fayrest in felle, of flesche & of lyre & of compas & colour & costes of alle oþer.
c1400 Rom. Rose 3208 Nature hadde nevere such a grace, To forge a werk of such compace [Fr. de tel compas].
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 124 Vignes & trees hyly conduyted by compas.
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. iv. 32 To keepe euen compasse in the height, greatnesse, and breadth of his letters.
extracted from compassn.1adj.adv.
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