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Regenerator :: Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas..

Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..

Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..

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..

Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..

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

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.

Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..

Accoutrements :: Accoutrements (n. pl.) Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers..

Salve :: Salve (n.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..

Cross :: Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it..

Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Irenicon :: Irenicon (n.) A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church..

Way :: Way (n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan..

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..

Bill Holder :: Bill holder () A device by means of which bills, etc., are held..

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..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

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