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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {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 cartage 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.

   Syn: Street; highway; road.

   Usage: {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.

                All keep the broad highway, and take delight
                With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.

                There is but one road by which to climb up.
                                                  --Addison.

                When night Darkens the streets, then wander
                forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence
                and wine.                         --Milton.
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