_1. Actual Subservience_
#631. Instrumentality.—N. instrumentality; aid &c. 707;
subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium,
intermedium[obs3], vehicle, hand; agency &c. 170. minister, handmaid;
midwife, accoucheur[Fr], accoucheuse[Fr], obstetrician; gobetween;
cat's-paw; stepping-stone. opener &c. 260; key; master key, passkey,
latchkey; "open sesame"; passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct,
password. instrument &c. 633; expedient &c. (plan) 626; means &c. 632.
V. subserve, minister, mediate, intervene; be instrumental &c. adj.;
pander to; officiate; tend. Adj. instrumental; useful &c. 644;
ministerial, subservient, mediatorial[obs3]; intermediate, intervening;
conducive. Adv. through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the
agency of &c. 170; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the
medium of &c. n.; along with; on the shoulders of; by means of &c. 632;
by the aid of, with the aid of &c. (assistance) 707.
per fas et nefas[Lat], by fair means or foul; somehow, somehow or
other; by hook or by crook.
#632. Means.—N. means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means;
capital &c. (money) 800; revenue; stock in trade &c. 636; provision &c.
637; a shot in the locker; appliances &c. (machinery) 633; means and
appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients &c. (measures) 626;
two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor &c. (safety) 666; aid &c. 707;
medium &c. 631. V. find means, have means, possess means &c. n. Adj.
instrumental &c. 631; mechanical &c. 633. Adv. by means of, with; by
what means, by all means, by any means, by some means; wherewith,
herewith, therewith; wherewithal. how &c. (in what manner) 627; through
&c. (by the instrumentality of) 631; with the aid of, by the aid of &c.
(assistance) 707; by the agency of &c. 170
#633. Instrument.—N. machinery, mechanism, engineering.
instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine,
lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine. gear;
tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances; plant,
materiel; harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments;
barde[obs3]; equipment, equipmentage[obs3]; appointments,
furniture, upholstery; chattels; paraphernalia &c. (belongings)