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Fool-happy :: Fool-happy (a.) Lucky, without judgment or contrivance..

Slur :: Slur (n.) In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them..

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

File :: File (n.) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order..

Propeller :: Propeller (n.) A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel..

Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..

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..

Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.

Telpher :: Telpher (n.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

Contrivance :: Contrivance (n.) The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning..

Lubricator :: Lubricator (n.) A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery..

Inhaler :: Inhaler (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers..

Cast :: Cast (n.) Contrivance; plot, design..

Countercast :: Countercast (n.) A trick; a delusive contrivance.

Oxidator :: Oxidator (n.) A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator.

Frame :: Frame (n.) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.

Water Meter :: Water meter () A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main..

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..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack.

Edulcorator :: Edulcorator (n.) A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle..

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