Part 2171

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Compagination</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pag`i*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compaginatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Union of parts; structure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Companable</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"pa*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>compaignable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Companionable; sociable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Companator</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"pa*na`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>companatores</ets>, pl.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Impanator</er>.</def>

<h1>Companiable</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pan"i*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Companionable; sociable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Companion</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pan"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>compagnon</ets>, OF. <ets>compaing</ets>, fr. as assumed LL. <ets>companio</ets> (cf. <ets>companium</ets> fellowship, a mess), fr. L. <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>panis</ets> bread. See <er>Pantry</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>companions</b> of his fall. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>companion</b> of fools shall smart for it. <i>Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. )</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest <b>companions</b> in the world. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>companion</b> is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; <as>as, a <ex>companion</ex> of the Bath</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fellow; -- in contempt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[Cf. OSp. <ets>compa\'a4a</ets> an outhouse, office.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.</def>

<cs><col>Companion hatch</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin.</cd> -- <col>Companion ladder</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck.</cd> <i>Totten.</i> -- <col>Companion way</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a staircase leading to the cabin.</cd> -- <col>Knights companions</col>, <cd>in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice.</syn>

<h1>Companion</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pan"ion</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To qualify as a companion; to make equal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>