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 (?), v. t. To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.]
"In land not wayed." Wyclif.