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Trangram :: Trangram (n.) Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.

Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..

Precontrive :: Precontrive (v. t. & i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.

Excogitate :: Excogitate (v. t.) To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief..

Temple :: Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Ingeniate :: Ingeniate (v. t. & i.) To invent; to contrive.

Father :: Father (n.) One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher..

Self-registering :: Self-registering (a.) Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer..

Timbered :: Timbered (a.) Built; formed; contrived.

Enginer :: Enginer (n.) A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.

Contrivement :: Contrivement (n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.

Puzzle :: Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making..

Contriver :: Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas..

Seek-sorrow :: Seek-sorrow (n.) One who contrives to give himself vexation.

Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..

Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

Machinate :: Machinate (v. t.) To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil..

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