11. pl. (Mach.)
Defn: 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)
Defn: 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.
— 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. — 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.
WAY
Way, v. t.
Defn: To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] "In land not wayed." Wyclif.
WAY
Way, v. i.
Defn: To move; to progress; to go. [R.]
On a time as they together wayed. Spenser.
WAYBILL
Way"bill`, n.