( n. )
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.
( n. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012