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meander |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meander \Me*an"der\, n. [L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia, proverbial for its many windings, Gr ?: cf F. m['e]andre.] 1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as the meanders of the veins and arteries. --Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. --Sir R. Blackmore 2. A tortuous or intricate movement. 3. (Arch.) Fretwork. See {Fret}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meander \Me*an"der\, v. t. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. --Dryton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meander \Me*an"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meandered}; p. pr & vb n. {Meandering}.] To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: meander n : a curve in a stream v : to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course: the river winds through the hills. [syn: {weave}, {wind}, {thread}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.
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