instrument (n.)
- accelerometer
- agency
- agent
- altimeter
- amanuensis
- ammeter
- anemometer
- aneroid
- antler
- apparatus
- appliance
- aspirator
- autograph
- awl
- backslapper
- balance
- barb
- barbwire
- barometer
- beam
- bedpan
- blank
- bodkin
- bombsight
- bootlicker
- bradawl
- brownie
- calorimeter
- caltrop
- catalyst
- catheter
- channel
- cheval-de-frise
- chronograph
- chronometer
- chuck
- clamp
- clasp
- clawback
- clerk
- clinch
- clip
- cockspur
- compact
- compass
- consignee
- contract
- contraption
- contrivance
- courtier
- cramp
- creature
- device
- dibble
- docket
- document
- dog
- dossier
- drain
- dummy
- dupe
- electrocardiograph
- electroencephalograph
- electrograph
- equipment
- factor
- fawner
- fed
- file
- fishhook
- flatterer
- flunky
- forceps
- fork
- form
- functionary
- gadget
- gaff
- galvanometer
- gauge
- gear
- gimcrack
- gimlet
- gimmick
- gizmo
- go-between
- goad
- goniometer
- grab
- grapnel
- grapple
- grappler
- grip
- groveler
- gyrocompass
- handmaid
- handmaiden
- harpoon
- helot
- hemostat
- holdfast
- holograph
- hook
- horn
- hygrometer
- hypo
- hypodermic
- hypsometer
- icepick
- implement
- inclinometer
- instrumentality
- instrumentation
- intermediary
- intermediate
- intermedium
- jackal
- kaleidoscope
- kymograph
- lackey
- lance
- lancet
- laser
- lever
- machine
- machinery
- manometer
- marlinespike
- mean
- means
- measure
- measurer
- mechanism
- mediator
- medium
- meter
- micrometer
- microscope
- midwife
- mill
- minion
- ministry
- nail
- needle
- octant
- official
- organ
- oscillograph
- otoscope
- pact
- paper
- papers
- paraphernalia
- parchment
- pawn
- peon
- photometer
- pike
- pin
- pincers
- pitchfork
- plaything
- pliers
- pluviometer
- potentiometer
- prism
- probe
- prong
- punch
- puppet
- pyrometer
- quadrant
- quill
- radar
- radio
- register
- roll
- rowel
- scale
- scales
- scalpel
- score
- scrip
- script
- scroll
- secretary
- seismograph
- serf
- servant
- set
- sextant
- skewer
- slave
- sound
- spaniel
- spearhead
- spectrograph
- spectroscope
- speculum
- spicule
- spiculum
- spike
- spine
- spirometer
- spit
- splint
- spur
- staple
- stethoscope
- steward
- sting
- stooge
- suck
- suture
- swab
- sycophant
- syringe
- tachometer
- tack
- tackle
- tang
- teletypewriter
- telltale
- thermograph
- thermometer
- thermometrograph
- thermostat
- thingumabob
- thingumajig
- thingummy
- throttle
- thumbtack
- ticker
- timeserver
- tine
- toad
- toady
- tongs
- tool
- toy
- transpose
- trepan
- trephine
- truckler
- turnstile
- tweezers
- utensil
- variometer
- vehicle
- viewer
- viscosimeter
- vise
- way
- weighbridge
- whatnot
- wherewithal
- wrench
- writ
- write
- writing
- yes-man
- yoke
instrument (v.)
- adapt
- arrange
- autograph
- awl
- balance
- barb
- beam
- blank
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- channel
- chuck
- clamp
- clasp
- clerk
- clinch
- clip
- compact
- compass
- compose
- contract
- cramp
- dibble
- docket
- document
- dog
- drain
- dummy
- dupe
- factor
- file
- fork
- form
- gauge
- gear
- goad
- grab
- grapple
- grip
- harmonize
- harpoon
- hook
- horn
- implement
- instrumentate
- intermediate
- lance
- lever
- machine
- mean
- measure
- mechanize
- melodize
- meter
- mill
- motorize
- nail
- needle
- orchestrate
- pact
- paper
- pawn
- pike
- pin
- pitchfork
- probe
- punch
- radio
- register
- retool
- roll
- rowel
- scale
- score
- script
- scroll
- set
- sharpen
- skewer
- slave
- sound
- spearhead
- spike
- spit
- splint
- spur
- staple
- sting
- stooge
- suck
- suture
- swab
- syringe
- tack
- tackle
- thermostat
- throttle
- thumbtack
- tine
- toady
- tool
- toy
- transcribe
- transpose
- trepan
- trephine
- vise
- way
- wrench
- write
- yoke
We bow our heads before Thee, and we laud
And magnify thy name Almighty God!
But man is thy most awful instrument
In working out a pure intent.
Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrument; could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious.
We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
He made an instrument to know
If the moon shine at full or no.
