Way"mak`er (?), n. One who makes a way; a precursor. [R.] Bacon.
Way"mark` (?), n. A mark to guide in traveling.
Way"ment (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waymented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waymenting.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter, gaimenter, guaimenter, from
wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic origin; see Woe) and L. lamentari to
lament. See Lament.] To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also
waiment.] [Obs.]
Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
Chaucer.
For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced?
Spenser.
Way"ment, n. Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also waiment.]
[Obs.] Spenser.
-ways (?). A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s
(see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways
or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.
Way" shaft` (?). 1. (Mach.) A rock shaft.
2. (Mining) An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels.
Raymond.
Way"side` (?), n. The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or
path.
Way"side`, a. Of or pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers. "A
wayside inn." Longfellow.
Way"ward (?), a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned away. See
Away, and -ward.] Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse;
willful.
My wife is in a wayward mood.
Shak.
Wayward beauty doth not fancy move.
Fairfax.
Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought?
Keble.
— Way"ward*ly, adv. — Way"ward*ness, n.
Way"-wise` (?), a. Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with
the way or route; wise from having traveled.
Way"wis`er (?), n. [Cf. G. wegweiser a waymark, a guide; weg way +
weisen to show, direct.] An instrument for measuring the distance which
one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.
The waywiser to a coach, exactly measuring the miles, and showing them
by an index.
Evelyn.
Way"wode (?), n. [Russ. voevoda, or Pol. woiewoda; properly, a leader
of an army, a leader in war. Cf. Vaivode.] Originally, the title of a
military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to
governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the
rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars,
and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers. [Written
also vaivode, voivode, waiwode, and woiwode.]
Way"wode*ship, n. The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.
Way"worn` (?), a. Wearied by traveling.