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Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

(computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

(law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

(obsolete) Opinion; decision.