A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us.".
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Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
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(computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
: Every cycle shall be equipped with: [...] (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell [...]
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