MEANDER

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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.
n.

A tortuous or intricate movement.

3.
n.

Fretwork. See Fret.

4.
v.

To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. Dryton.

5.
v.

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.

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