Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Mean’der (3 syl.).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Mean’der (3 syl.).

To wind; so called from the Meander, a winding river of Phrygia. The “Greek pattern” in embroidery is so called.	1

Mealy-mouthed

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