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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, n.
1. The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
--Shak.
2. The 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
appliance
n 1: a device that very useful for a particular job [syn: {contraption},
{contrivance}, {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {widget}]
2: durable goods for home or office use
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