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Lock :: Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

Contrive :: Contrive (v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

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

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

Bill Holder :: Bill holder () A device by means of which bills, etc., are held..

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..

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..

Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the

Device :: Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing..

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

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..

Hair :: Hair (n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Switched :: Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

Art :: Art (n.) Skillful plan; device.

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.

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

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