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Blotter :: Blotter (n.) One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink..

Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

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

Dynamograph :: Dynamograph (n.) A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power.

Enginery :: Enginery (n.) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.

Hoverer :: Hoverer (n.) A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

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

Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..

Irenicon :: Irenicon (n.) A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church..

Coup :: Coup (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

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

Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

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

Extractor :: Extractor (n.) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Swatte :: Swather (n.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

Stratagemical :: Stratagem (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination..

Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.

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

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