contrivance
21contrivance — n. 1. Design, designing power, inventiveness, invention. 2. Invention, device, piece of mechanism, machine. 3. Device, scheme, plan, plot, artifice, stratagem, complot, machination …
22contrivance — n 1. device, invention, creation, gadget, Inf. contraption; apparatus, mechanism, machine; instrument, implement, tool, utensil, Inf. thingumajig, Inf. thingumabob; rig, gear, outfit, tackle, equipment, makeshift, Inf.Rube Goldberg. 2. invention …
23contrivance — con·triv·ance …
24contrivance — con•triv•ance [[t]kənˈtraɪ vəns[/t]] n. 1) something contrived, esp. a mechanical device 2) the act, manner, or faculty of contriving 3) a plan or scheme; expedient • Etymology: 1620–30 …
25contrivance — /kənˈtraɪvəns / (say kuhn truyvuhns) noun 1. something contrived; a device, especially a mechanical one. 2. the act or manner of contriving; the faculty or power of contriving. 3. a plan or scheme; an expedient …
26contrivance — Any device which has been arranged generally to deceive. An instrument or article designed to accomplish a specific objective and made by use of measure of ingenuity …
27contrivance — Any device which has been arranged generally to deceive. An instrument or article designed to accomplish a specific objective and made by use of measure of ingenuity …
28contrivance — Something contrived or arranged, often to deceive; a device; a disguise. Matey v Heichemer, 81 Colo 379, 256 P 4. A tool, instrument, or other article, made with more or less ingenuity, to accomplish some mechanical purpose, perhaps the twirling… …
29contrivance — n. 1 something contrived, esp. a mechanical device or a plan. 2 an act of contriving, esp. deceitfully. 3 inventive capacity …
30contrivance used for gambling — Any instrument whereby money or things of value are won or lost. Gilley v Commonwealth, 312 Ky 584, 229 SW2d 60, 19 ALR2d 1224 …
