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Ventilator :: Ventilator (n.) A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die..

Engineer :: Engineer (v. t.) To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress..

Eupryion :: Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match..

Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..

Machine :: Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle..

Clepsydra :: Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix..

Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..

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

Drop :: Drop (n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Means; contrivance.

Oxidator :: Oxidator (n.) A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator.

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.

Witcraft :: Witcraft (n.) Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit.

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.

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

Frame :: Frame (n.) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.

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