Part 3040

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.</def>

<cs><col>Deviation of a falling body</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth.</cd> -- <col>Deviation of the compass</col>, <cd>the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship.</cd> -- <col>Deviation of the line of the vertical</col>, <cd>the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deviator</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De"vi*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a forsaker.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, deviates.</def>

<h1>Deviatory</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De"vi*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to deviate; devious; <as>as, <ex>deviatory</ex> motion</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tully.</i>

<h1>Device</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vice"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>devis</ets>, <ets>devise</ets>, will, intention, opinion, invention, fr. F. <ets>devis</ets> architect's plan and estimates (in OF., division, plan, wish), <ets>devise</ets> device (in sense 3), in OF. also, division, wish, last will, fr. <ets>deviser</ets>. See <er>Devise</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Devise</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>device</b> in against Babylon, to destroy it. <i>Jer. li. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their recent <b>device</b> of demanding benevolences. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He disappointeth the <b>devices</b> of the crafty. <i>Job v. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Power of devising; invention; contrivance.</def>

<blockquote>I must have instruments of my own <b>device</b>. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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 <er>Cognizance</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Improperly, an heraldic bearing.</def>

<blockquote>Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by <b>devices</b> on their shields. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A banner with this strange <b>device</b> - Excelsior. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Anything fancifully conceived.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A spectacle or show.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Opinion; decision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Contrivance; invention; design; scheme; project; stratagem; shift.</syn> <usage>-- <er>Device</er>, <er>Contrivance</er>. <i>Device</i> implies more of inventive power, and <i>contrivance</i> more of skill and dexterity in execution. A <i>device</i> usually has reference to something worked out for exhibition or show; a <i>contrivance</i> usually respects the arrangement or disposition of things with reference to securing some end. <i>Devices</i> were worn by knights-errant on their shields; <i>contrivances</i> are generally used to promote the practical convenience of life. The word <i>device</i> is often used in a bad sense; <as>as, a crafty <ex>device</ex></as>; <i>contrivance</i> is almost always used in a good sense; <as>as, a useful <ex>contrivance</ex></as>.</usage>

<h1>Deviceful</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vice"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of devices; inventive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A carpet, rich, and of <b>deviceful</b> thread. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>