compass
noun
an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.
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Yet since wise guidance with a little means 690 Can more than force unminded, I have skill To conjure evil and outcompass strength.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges