Device

1. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
2. 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.
3. Opinion; decision.
4. Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
5. Anything fancifully conceived.
6. A spectacle or show.
7. 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.