instrument

Roget category 633

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#633. Instrument

noun

machinery, mechanism, engineering.
instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill — air engine, caloric engine, heat engine.
gear — tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances — plant, materiel — harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments — barde^† — equipment, equipmentage^† — appointments, furniture, upholstery — chattels — paraphernalia etc. (belongings) 780.
mechanical powers — lever, leverage — mechanical advantage — crow, crowbar — handspike^†, gavelock^†, jemmy^†, jimmy, arm, limb, wing — oar, paddle — pulley — wheel and axle — wheelwork, clockwork — wheels within wheels — pinion, crank, winch — cam — pedal — capstan etc. (lift) 307 — wheel etc. (rotation) 312 — inclined plane — wedge — screw — spring, mainspring — can hook, glut, heald^†, heddle^†, jenny, parbuckle^†, sprag^†, water wheel.
handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key — turnscrew, screwdriver — knocker.
hammer etc. (impulse) 276 — edge tool etc. (cut) 253 — borer etc. 262 — vice, teeth, etc. (hold) 781 — nail, rope etc. (join) 45 — peg etc. (hang) 214 — support etc. 215 — spoon etc. (vehicle) 272 — arms etc. 727 — oar etc. (navigation) 267 — cardiograph, recapper^†, snowplow, tenpenny^†, votograph^†.

adjective

instrumental etc. 631 — mechanical, machinal^† — brachial [Med.].

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