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Webster 1913 Edition
Appliance
Ap-pli′ance
,Noun.
1.
The act of applying; application.
2.
subservience; compliance.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device;
as, to use various
appliances
; a mechanical appliance
; a machine with its appliances
.Webster 1828 Edition
Appliance
APPLI'ANCE
,Noun.