He wooeth her by means and by brokage.
Chaucer.
By all means, certainly; without fail; as, go, by all means. -- By any
means, in any way; possibly; at all.
If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.
Phil. iii. ll.
-- By no means, or By no manner of means, not at all; certainly not;
not in any degree.
The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so good as that on
the other.
Addison.
Me*an"der (?), n. [L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia, proverbial
for its many windings, Gr. &?;: cf. F. méandre.] 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.