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Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..

Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..

Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..

Extemporiness :: Extemporiness (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempor.

Devise :: Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property..

Point-devise :: Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.

Devise :: Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

Testable :: Testable (a.) Capable of being devised, or given by will..

Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Plot :: Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

Fudge :: Fudge (v. t.) To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs..

Machination :: Machination (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

Concert :: Concert (v. t.) To plan; to devise; to arrange.

Artificer :: Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer..

Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..

Heliometer :: Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.

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