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Definition of contrivance
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Contrivance
(n.) The act or
faculty
of
contriving,
inventing,
devising,
or
planning..
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Lotto
::
Lotto (n.) A game of
chance,
played
with
cards,
on which are
inscribed
numbers,
and any
contrivance
(as a wheel
containing
numbered
balls)
for
determining
a set of
numbers
by
chance.
The
player
holding
a card
having
on it the set of
numbers
drawn from the wheel takes the
stakes
after a
certain
percentage
of them has been
deducted
for the
dealer.
A
variety
of lotto is
called
keno..
Vehicular
::
Vehicular
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
vehicle;
serving
as a
vehicle;
as, a
vehicular
contrivance..
File
::
File (n.) The line, wire, or other
contrivance,
by which
papers
are put and kept in
order..
Heater
::
Heater
(n.) Any
contrivance
or
implement,
as a
furnace,
stove,
or other
heated
body or
vessel,
etc., used to
impart
heat to
something,
or to
contain
something
to be
heated..
Spanner
::
Spanner
(n.) A
contrivance
in some of the
ealier
steam
engines
for
moving
the
valves
for the
alternate
admission
and
shutting
off of the
steam.
Damper
::
Damper
(n.) That which damps or
checks;
as: (a) A valve or
movable
plate in the flue or other part of a
stove,
furnace,
etc., used to check or
regulate
the
draught
of air. (b) A
contrivance,
as in a
pianoforte,
to
deaden
vibrations;
or, as in other
pieces
of
mechanism,
to check some
action
at a
particular
time..
Engineer
::
Engineer
(v. t.) To use
contrivance
and
effort
for; to guide the
course
of; to
manage;
as, to
engineer
a bill
through
Congress..
Vane
::
Vane (n.) A
contrivance
attached
to some
elevated
object
for the
purpose
of
showing
which way the wind
blows;
a
weathercock.
It is
usually
a plate or strip of
metal,
or slip of wood, often cut into some
fanciful
form, and
placed
upon a
perpendicular
axis
around
which it moves
freely..
Providential
::
Providential
(a.)
Effected
by, or
referable
to,
divine
direction
or
superintendence;
as, the
providential
contrivance
of
thing;
a
providential
escape..
Lure
::
Lure (n.) A
contrivance
somewhat
resembling
a bird, and often
baited
with raw meat; -- used by
falconers
in
recalling
hawks..
Claptrap
::
Claptrap
(n.) A
contrivance
for
clapping
in
theaters.
Cyclostyle
::
Cyclostyle
(n.) A
contrivance
for
producing
manifold
copies
of
writing
or
drawing.
The
writing
or
drawing
is done with a style
carrying
a small wheel at the end which makes
minute
punctures
in the
paper,
thus
converting
it into a
stencil.
Copies
are
transferred
with an inked
roller..
Teasel
::
Teasel
(n.) Any
contrivance
intended
as a
substitute
for
teasels
in
dressing
cloth.
Slur
::
Slur (n.) In
knitting
machines,
a
contrivance
for
depressing
the
sinkers
successively
by
passing
over
them..
Breakwater
::
Breakwater
(n.) Any
structure
or
contrivance,
as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a
harbor,
to break the force of
waves,
and
afford
protection
from their
violence..
Instrument
::
Instrument
(n.) A
contrivance
or
implement,
by which
musical
sounds
are
produced;
as, a
musical
instrument..
Cyclometer
::
Cyclometer
(n.) A
contrivance
for
recording
the
revolutions
of a
wheel,
as of a
bicycle..
Lock-down
::
Lock-down
(n.) A
contrivance
to
fasten
logs
together
in
rafting;
-- used by
lumbermen.
Drop
::
Drop (n.)
Whatever
is
arranged
to drop, hang, or fall from an
elevated
position;
also, a
contrivance
for
lowering
something.
Wrench
::
Wrench
(v. t.)
Means;
contrivance.
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