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Montréalers conveniently twist the compass by considering the St. Lawrence as “south” of the city; the roads parallel to the river are divided into “east” and “west” sectors by the Boulevard St-Laurent.
This classic geometrical problem requires that one start with a given circle and construct a square of the same area, using the straight-edge and compass, the only tools permitted the geometer.
) Similarly, lip salve is insincere flattery, though it may be enjoyed by the recipient nonetheless as a form of ear candy . Lip , with its satisfying mouthfeel (to use the jargon of the food-service industry) and its still-obvious link to an elemental root (the Indo-European leb , with the connotation ""), has formed numerous slang combinations whose meanings touch all the compass points of verbal intention.
Maybe I'll continue to breeze through Fodor's, Compass, and Frommer's in airport bookstores.
Inside is a small 16th-century chapel, Nossa Senhora da Graça, and what looks to be a huge stone sun dial, known as the Rosa dos Ventos (rose compass).