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Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..

Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

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

Threader :: Threader (n.) A device for assisting in threading a needle.

Bridge :: Bridge (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

Reel :: Reel (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives..

Deviceful :: Deviceful (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

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..

Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Imprese :: Imprese (n.) A device. See Impresa.

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices..

Mot :: Mot (n.) A word; hence, a motto; a device..

Epaulette :: Epaulette (n.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot..

Inventor :: Inventor (n.) One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices..

Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..

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

Ney :: Ney (n.) Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.

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