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Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..

Whimwham :: Whimwham (n.) A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.

Device :: Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

Copyholder :: Copyholder (n.) A device for holding copy for a compositor.

Devise :: Devise (n.) Device. See Device.

Scene :: Scene (n.) The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes..

Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Chromatrope :: Chromatrope (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.

Invention :: Invention (n.) That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention..

Undercraft :: Undercraft (n.) A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors..

Devicefully :: Devicefully (adv.) In a deviceful manner.

Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.

Tournure :: Tournure (n.) Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.

Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

Coupling :: Coupling (n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts..

Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..

Dodger :: Dodger (n.) One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices..

Deviceful :: Deviceful (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

Device :: Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.

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