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n. 1. a duct that provides ventilation, as in mines.
Syn. -- air passage, air duct. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. An alley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Always. [ Archaic or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not live alway. Job vii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ All + way. The s is an adverbial (orig. a genitive) ending. ] 1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even in Heaven his [ Mammon's ] looks and thoughts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Anywise; at all. Tennyson. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A way or passage under an arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

, adv. [ Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris. ] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way. ] 1. From a place; hence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound is going away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Aside; off; in another direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? “Love hath wings, and will away.” Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Away with, bear, abide. [ Obs. or Archaic ] “The calling of assemblies, I can not away with.” (Isa. i. 13), i. e., “I can not bear or endure [ it ].” --
Away with one, signifies, take him away. “Away with him, crucify him.” John xix. 15. --
To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the state of being elsewhere than in particular place. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Turned away; away. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. Breadthwise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Break + away ] [ Australasia ] 1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An animal that breaks away from a herd. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. an object designed to break off or shatter under impact, as a safety measure. [ PJC ]

4. (Sport) the sudden emergence of one or more players or contestants from a clustered group, rushing toward a goal, as bicyclists in a race, or baketball players after a rebound has been caught. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a street in Manhattan famous for its restaurants and its theaters in the Times Square area. At its intersection with Seventh Avenue, it forms Times Square, an area with impressive displays of bright lights, particularly advertising; it is considered by some to be the cultural center of New York City. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. the theater district of Manhattan, located near Times Square. [ PJC ]

n. A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. “ Take no byways.” Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carvi (cf. Sp. carvi and al-caravea, al-carahueya, Pg. al-caravia) fr. Ar. karawīā, karwīā fr. Gr. ka`ron; cf. L. careum. ] 1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [ comfits ]. Cogan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caraway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only, usually in two or three lanes. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A way or road for carts. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of no value; rejected; useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussée, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading. ] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other way Satan went down
The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Chippeway. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. By way of, or along, the coast; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Elec.) A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is “picked up” by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive. Hence . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Crossroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. Cowell. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) Same as Drift, 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't get a word in edgewise. the form edgeways is now uncommon. [ PJC ]

Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. 1. On end; erectly; in an upright position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With the end forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a passage allowing entry or exit; an entryway.
Syn. -- entrance, entryway. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels. Totten.

2. (golf) That part of a golf course between the tee and the green which is of closely mowed grass, as contrasted to the rough. [ PJC ]

a. Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things. -- n. A flyaway person or thing. “Truth is such a flyaway.” Emerson. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Bot.) The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. Capable of being folded into a more compact form.
Syn. -- folding(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A passage for pedestrians only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four-way cock, a cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and now for various other purposes. In the illustration, a leads to the upper end of a steam engine cylinder, and b to the lower end; c is the steam pipe, and d the exhaust pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An intersection of two roads having stop signs at all four entry points. The usual rule for such intersections requires that those entering the intersection yield the right of way to vehicles entering before them. [ PJC ]