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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Way  \Way\,  adv  [Aphetic  form  of  away.] 
  Away  [Obs.  or  Archaic]  --Chaucer. 
 
  {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] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Way  \Way\,  n.  [OE.  wey,  way  AS  weg;  akin  to  OS.,  D.,  OHG.,  & 
  G.  weg,  Icel.  vegr,  Sw  v["a]g,  Dan.  vei,  Goth.  wigs,  L.  via, 
  and  AS  wegan  to  move  L.  vehere  to  carry,  Skr.  vah. 
  [root]136.  Cf  {Convex},  {Inveigh},  {Vehicle},  {Vex},  {Via}, 
  {Voyage},  {Wag},  {Wagon},  {Wee},  {Weigh}.] 
  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. 
 
  I  shall  him  seek  by  way  and  eke  by  street. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  The  way  seems  difficult,  and  steep  to  scale. 
  --Milton. 
 
  The  season  and  ways  were  very  improper  for  his 
  majesty's  forces  to  march  so  great  a  distance. 
  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  Length  of  space;  distance;  interval;  as  a  great  way  a 
  long  way 
 
  And  whenever  the  way  seemed  long,  Or  his  heart  began 
  to  fail  --Longfellow. 
 
  3.  A  moving  passage;  procession;  journey. 
 
  I  prythee,  now  lead  the  way  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Course  or  direction  of  motion  or  process;  tendency  of 
  action  advance. 
 
  If  that  way  be  your  walk,  you  have  not  far 
  --Milton. 
 
  And  let  eternal  justice  take  the  way  --Dryden. 
 
  5.  The  means  by  which  anything  is  reached,  or  anything  is 
  accomplished;  scheme;  device;  plan 
 
  My  best  way  is  to  creep  under  his  gaberdine.  --Shak. 
 
  By  noble  ways  we  conquest  will  prepare.  --Dryden. 
 
  What  impious  ways  my  wishes  took!  --Prior. 
 
  6.  Manner;  method;  mode;  fashion;  style;  as  the  way  of 
  expressing  one's  ideas. 
 
  7.  Regular  course;  habitual  method  of  life  or  action  plan  of 
  conduct;  mode  of  dealing.  ``Having  lost  the  way  of 
  nobleness.''  --Sir.  P.  Sidney. 
 
  Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and  all  her  paths 
  are  peace.  --Prov.  iii. 
  17. 
 
  When  men  lived  in  a  grander  way  --Longfellow. 
 
  8.  Sphere  or  scope  of  observation.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  The  public  ministers  that  fell  in  my  way  --Sir  W. 
  Temple. 
 
  9.  Determined  course;  resolved  mode  of  action  or  conduct;  as 
  to  have  one's  way 
 
  10.  (Naut.) 
  a  Progress;  as  a  ship  has  way 
  b  pl  The  timbers  on  which  a  ship  is  launched. 
 
  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 
 
  12.  (Law)  Right  of  way  See  below. 
 
  {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  the  way  of  all  the  earth},  to  die. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Way  \Way\,  v.  t. 
  To  go  or  travel  to  to  go  in  as  a  way  or  path.  [Obs.]  ``In 
  land  not  wayed.''  --Wyclif. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Way  \Way\,  v.  i. 
  To  move  to  progress;  to  go  [R.] 
 
  On  a  time  as  they  together  wayed.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  way 
  n  1:  a  manner  of  performance;  "a  manner  of  living";  "in  the 
  characteristic  New  York  style";  "a  way  of  life"  [syn:  {manner}, 
  {mode},  {style},  {fashion}] 
  2:  how  a  result  is  obtained  or  an  end  is  achieved;  "a  means  of 
  communcation";  "an  example  is  the  best  agency  of 
  instruction";  "the  true  way  to  success"  [syn:  {means},  {agency}] 
  3:  a  journey  or  passage;  "they  are  on  the  way" 
  4:  the  condition  of  things  generally;  "that's  the  way  it  is"  or 
  "I  felt  the  same  way" 
  5:  a  course  of  conduct;  "the  path  of  virtue";  "we  went  our 
  separate  ways";  "our  paths  in  life  led  us  apart";  "genius 
  usually  follows  a  revolutionary  path"  [syn:  {path},  {way 
  of  life}] 
  6:  any  road  or  path  affording  passage  from  one  place  to 
  another;  "he  said  he  was  looking  for  the  way  out" 
  7:  a  line  leading  to  a  place  or  point:  "he  looked  the  other 
  direction";  "didn't  know  the  way  home"  [syn:  {direction}] 
  8:  the  property  of  distance  in  general;  "it's  a  long  way  to 
  Moscow";  (colloquial)  "he  went  a  long  ways"  [syn:  {ways}] 
  9:  doing  as  one  pleases  or  chooses:  "if  I  had  my  way" 
  10:  a  general  category  of  things  used  in  the  expression  "in  the 
  way  of":  "they  didn't  have  much  in  the  way  of  clothing" 
  11:  space  for  movement;  "room  to  pass";  "make  way  for":  "hardly 
  enough  elbow  room  to  turn  around"  [syn:  {room},  {elbow 
  room}] 
  12:  a  portion  of  something  divided  into  shares:  "the  split  the 
  loot  three  ways" 
  adv  :  (informal)  to  a  great  degree  or  by  a  great  distance;  very 
  much  "way  over  budget";  "way  off  base";  "right  smart" 
  is  regional  (US  S  and  Midland)  as  in  "the  other  side  of 
  the  hill  is  right  smart  steeper  than  the  side  we  are 
  on"  [syn:  {right  smart}] 




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