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Way (?), adv. [Aphetic form of away.] Away. [Obs. or Archaic] Chaucer.
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To do way, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] “Do way your hands.” Chaucer. -- To make way with, to make away with. See under Away. [Archaic]
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Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. väg, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. √136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]
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1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, “they built a way to the mine”. “To find the way to heaven.” Shak.
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I shall him seek by way and eke by street. Chaucer.
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The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. Milton.
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The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. Evelyn.
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2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, “a great way; a long way.”
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And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail. Longfellow.
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3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
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I prythee, now, lead the way. Shak.
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4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
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If that way be your walk, you have not far. Milton.
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And let eternal justice take the way. Dryden.
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5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
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My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. Shak.
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By noble ways we conquest will prepare. Dryden.
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What impious ways my wishes took! Prior.
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6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, “the way of expressing one's ideas”.
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7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. “Having lost the way of nobleness.” Sir. P. Sidney.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Prov. iii. 17.
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When men lived in a grander way. Longfellow.
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8. Sphere or scope of observation. Jer. Taylor.
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The public ministers that fell in my way. Sir W. Temple.
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9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, “to have one's way”.
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10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, “a ship has way”. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
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11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
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12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
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By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. -- By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. -- Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered. -- In the family way. See under Family. -- In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. -- In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. -- Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1. -- No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary. -- On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, “on the way to this country; on the way to success”. -- Out of the way. See under Out. -- Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. Kent. -- To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. --
To give way. See under Give. -- To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. Shak. -- To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; -- of events. -- To come one's way to come into one's possession (of objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as, “good things will come your way”. -- To go the way of all the earth or to go the way of all flesh to die. -- To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal efforts. -- To make way. See under Make, v. t. -- Ways and means. (a) Methods; resources; facilities. (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for revenue. -- Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng] -- Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7 (c). -- Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town. -- Way pane, a pane for cartag
e in irrigated land. See Pane, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.] -- Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel. -- Ways of God, his providential government, or his works. -- Way station, an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad. -- Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train. -- Way warden, the surveyor of a road.
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Syn. -- Street; highway; road. -- Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically, a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements.
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All keep the broad highway, and take delight
With many rather for to go astray. Spenser.
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There is but one road by which to climb up. Addison.
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When night
Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. Milton.
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Way (?), v. t. To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] “In land not wayed.” Wyclif.
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Way, v. i. To move; to progress; to go. [R.]
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On a time as they together wayed. Spenser.
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