- Gadget - Similes or metaphors - 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. - Power of devising; invention; contrivance. - 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 Cognizance. - Improperly, an heraldic bearing. - Anything fancifully conceived.