Definition of device

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Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.

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Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Reflector :: Reflector (n.) A device for reflecting sound.
Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..
Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Coupling :: Coupling (n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts..
Point-device :: Point-device (adv.) Alt. of Point-devis.
Contrive :: Contrive (v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
Notion :: Notion () An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions..
Unloader :: Unloader (n.) One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon..
Device :: Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
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..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained..
Greenback :: Greenback (n.) One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.
Inkstand :: Inkstand (n.) A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen..
Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..
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