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Definition of contrivance
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Contrivance
(n.) The thing
contrived,
invented,
or
planned;
disposition
of parts or
causes
by
design;
a
scheme;
plan;
atrifice;
arrangement..
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Smokejack
::
Smokejack
(n.) A
contrivance
for
turning
a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the
current
of
ascending
air in a
chimney.
Slur
::
Slur (n.) In
knitting
machines,
a
contrivance
for
depressing
the
sinkers
successively
by
passing
over
them..
Ductor
::
Ductor
(n.) A
contrivance
for
removing
superfluous
ink or
coloring
matter
from a
roller.
See
Doctor,
4..
Rowlock
::
Rowlock
(n.) A
contrivance
or
arrangement
serving
as a
fulcrum
for an oar in
rowing.
It
consists
sometimes
of a notch in the
gunwale
of a boat,
sometimes
of a pair of pins
between
which the oar rests on the edge of the
gunwale,
sometimes
of a
single
pin
passing
through
the oar, or of a metal fork or
stirrup
pivoted
in the
gunwale
and
suporting
the oar..
Claptrap
::
Claptrap
(n.) A
contrivance
for
clapping
in
theaters.
Register
::
Register
(n.) A
contrivance
for
automatically
noting
the
performance
of a
machine
or the
rapidity
of a
process.
Curiousness
::
Curiousness
(n.) The state of being
curious;
exactness
of
workmanship;
ingenuity
of
contrivance.
Lure
::
Lure (n.) A
contrivance
somewhat
resembling
a bird, and often
baited
with raw meat; -- used by
falconers
in
recalling
hawks..
Engine
::
Engine
(n.)
Anything
used to
effect
a
purpose;
any
device
or
contrivance;
an
agent.
Action
::
Action
(n.) The
mechanical
contrivance
by means of which the
impulse
of the
player's
finger
is
transmitted
to the
strings
of a
pianoforte
or to the valve of an organ pipe.
Outrigger
::
Outrigger
(n.) A
projecting
contrivance
at the side of a boat to
prevent
upsetting,
as
projecting
spars with a log at the end..
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..
Clepsydra
::
Clepsydra
(n.) A water
clock;
a
contrivance
for
measuring
time by the
graduated
flow of a
liquid,
as of
water,
through
a small
aperture.
See
Illust.
in
Appendix..
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..
Procurement
::
Procurement
(n.)
Efficient
contrivance;
management;
agency.
Napier''s Rods
::
Napier's
rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other
material,
each
divided
into nine
spaces,
and
containing
the
numbers
of a
column
of the
multiplication
table;
-- a
contrivance
of Baron
Napier,
the
inventor
of
logarithms,
for
facilitating
the
operations
of
multiplication
and
division..
Conveyor
::
Conveyor
(n.) A
contrivance
for
carrying
objects
from place to
place;
esp., one for
conveying
grain,
coal, etc., -- as a
spiral
or screw
turning
in a pipe or
trough,
an
endless
belt with
buckets,
or a truck
running
along a
rope..
Oxidator
::
Oxidator
(n.) A
contrivance
for
causing
a
current
of air to
impinge
on the flame of the
Argand
lamp; --
called
also
oxygenator.
Governor
::
Governor
(n.) A
contrivance
applied
to steam
engines,
water
wheels,
and other
machinery,
to
maintain
nearly
uniform
speed when the
resistances
and
motive
force are
variable..
Guide
::
Guide (v. t.) Any
contrivance,
especially
one
having
a
directing
edge,
surface,
or
channel,
for
giving
direction
to the
motion
of
anything,
as
water,
an
instrument,
or part of a
machine,
or for
directing
the hand or eye, as of an
operator.
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