Definition of device

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Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.

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Whimwham :: Whimwham (n.) A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
Undercraft :: Undercraft (n.) A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors..
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Devicefully :: Devicefully (adv.) In a deviceful manner.
Bill Holder :: Bill holder () A device by means of which bills, etc., are held..
Mark :: Mark (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
Hog :: Hog (n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
Point-device :: Point-device (a.) Alt. of Point-devis.
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
Devise :: Devise (n.) Device. See Device.
Unloader :: Unloader (n.) One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon..
Chromatrope :: Chromatrope (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.
Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration..
Greenback :: Greenback (n.) One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits..
Knack :: Knack (n.) Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device..
Primer :: Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder..
Dodger :: Dodger (n.) One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices..
Craft :: Craft (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices..
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..
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