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Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..

Bridge :: Bridge (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..

Trunkwork :: Trunkwork (n.) Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.

Way :: Way (n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan..

Device :: Device (n.) Opinion; decision.

Mimeograph :: Mimeograph (n.) An autographic stencil copying device invented by Edison.

Oarlock :: Oarlock (n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock..

Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.

Hog :: Hog (n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.

Connector :: Connector (n.) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..

Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices..

Hydrotrope :: Hydrotrope (n.) A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc..

Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.].

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