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Register :: Register (n.) A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process.

Artificially :: Artificially (adv.) In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature..

Propeller :: Propeller (n.) A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel..

Mail :: Mail (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage..

Cacolet :: Cacolet (n.) A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army..

Contrivement :: Contrivement (n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.

Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..

Poke :: Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward..

Ductor :: Ductor (n.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4..

Trochometer :: Trochometer (n.) A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.

Water Meter :: Water meter () A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main..

Anemoscope :: Anemoscope (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind..

Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

Contrivance :: Contrivance (n.) The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning..

Sizer :: Sizer (n.) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size..

Doctor :: Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine..

Ignitor :: Ignitor (n.) One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like..

Manovery :: Manovery (n.) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

Telpher :: Telpher (n.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

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