#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.

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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) 780.
     mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow,
crowbar; handspike[obs3], gavelock[obs3], jemmy[obs3], jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan &c. (lift) 307; wheel &c. (rotation) 312; inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald[obs3], heddle[obs3], jenny, parbuckle[obs3], sprag[obs3], water wheel.
     handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm,
treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker.