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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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Dexterous
::
Dexterous
(a.)
Skillful
in
contrivance;
quick at
inventing
expedients;
expert;
as, a
dexterous
manager..
Calculated
::
Calculated
(p. p. & a.)
Adapted
by
calculation,
contrivance.
or
forethought
to
accomplish
a
purpose;
as, to use arts
calculated
to
deceive
the
people..
Wrench
::
Wrench
(v. t.)
Means;
contrivance.
Stop
::
Stop (n.) The
closing
of an
aperture
in the air
passage,
or
pressure
of the
finger
upon the
string,
of an
instrument
of
music,
so as to
modify
the tone;
hence,
any
contrivance
by which the
sounds
of a
musical
instrument
are
regulated..
Stock
::
Stock (n.) The
handle
or
contrivance
by which bits are held in
boring;
a
bitstock;
a
brace.
Swing
::
Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing
suspended
and
hanging
loose,
upon which
anything
may
swing;
especially,
an
apparatus
for
recreation
by
swinging,
commonly
consisting
of a rope, the two ends of which are
attached
overhead,
as to the bough of a tree, a seat being
placed
in the loop at the
bottom;
also, any
contrivance
by which a
similar
motion
is
produced
for
amusement
or
exercise..
Providential
::
Providential
(a.)
Effected
by, or
referable
to,
divine
direction
or
superintendence;
as, the
providential
contrivance
of
thing;
a
providential
escape..
Tremolo
::
Tremolo
(n.) A
certain
contrivance
in an
organ,
which
causes
the notes to sound with rapid
pulses
or
beats,
producing
a
tremulous
effect;
--
called
also
tremolant,
and
tremulant..
Enginery
::
Enginery
(n.) Any
device
or
contrivance;
machinery;
structure
or
arrangement.
Hypocaust
::
Hypocaust
(n.) A
furnace,
esp. one
connected
with a
series
of small
chambers
and flues of tiles or other
masonry
through
which the heat of a fire was
distributed
to rooms
above.
This
contrivance,
first used in bath, was
afterwards
adopted
in
private
houses..
Inventive
::
Inventive
(a.) Able and apt to
invent;
quick at
contrivance;
ready at
expedients;
as, an
inventive
head or
genius..
Copygraph
::
Copygraph
(n.) A
contrivance
for
producing
manifold
copies
of a
writing
or
drawing.
Wellhole
::
Wellhole
(n.) A
cavity
which
receives
a
counterbalancing
weight
in
certain
mechanical
contrivances,
and is
adapted
also for other
purposes..
Alarm
::
Alarm (n.) A
mechanical
contrivance
for
awaking
persons
from
sleep,
or
rousing
their
attention;
an
alarum..
Hectograph
::
Hectograph
(n.) A
contrivance
for
multiple
copying,
by means of a
surface
of
gelatin
softened
with
glycerin..
Cast
::
Cast (n.)
Contrivance;
plot,
design..
Mail
::
Mail (n.) A
contrivance
of
interlinked
rings,
for
rubbing
off the loose hemp on lines and white
cordage..
Pitter
::
Pitter
(n.) A
contrivance
for
removing
the pits from
peaches,
plums,
and other stone
fruit..
Engineer
::
Engineer
(v. t.) To use
contrivance
and
effort
for; to guide the
course
of; to
manage;
as, to
engineer
a bill
through
Congress..
Sizer
::
Sizer (n.) An
instrument
or
contrivance
to size
articles,
or to
determine
their size by a
standard,
or to
separate
and
distribute
them
according
to
size..
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