That which is formed by design, or invented; scheme; artificial contrivance; stratagem; project; sometimes in a good sense; more generally in a bad sense, as artifices are usually employed for bad purposes. In a good sense: . His device is against Babylon, to destroy it. Jeremiah 51:117. In a bad sense: . He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. Job 5:12. They imagined a mischievous device. Psalm 21:17.

An emblem intended to represent a family, person, action or quality, with a suitable motto; used in painting, sculpture and heraldry. It consists in a metaphorical similitude between the things representing and represented, as the figure of a plow representing agriculture. Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields.

Invention; genius; faculty of devising; as a man of noble device.

A spectacle or show.