Possible Clues:

• They make the ways one gets into line
• A series of operations, during manufacture, say
• Makes sense of
• Series of actions to achieve particular ends
• Deals with in a routine way
• Deals with crowds holding pacifist back
• 'Procedures, operations (9)'
• Procedures, operations
• If one gets a firm hold around a firm turn it treats it like cheese
• Series of actions geared towards an end