American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. The side or edge of a road, way, path, or highway.
- adj. Situated at or near the side of a road, way, path, or
highway: a wayside inn. - idiom. fall by the wayside To fail to
continue; give up. - idiom. go by the wayside To be set aside or
discarded because of other considerations. Century Dictionary
and Cyclopedia - n. The side of the way; the border or edge of
the road or high-way. - Of or pertaining to the wayside;
growing, lying, situated, or found on, by, or near the side of
the way: as, wayside flowers; a way-side spring. GNU Webster's
1913 - n. The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or
path. - adj. Of or pertaining to the wayside. - n. edge of a way
or road or path “All this banter in recent days about New York's
dynasty crumbling and falling by the wayside is hogwash.” “It
really confuses me how you wingers can’t make the connection
that throwing our laws by the wayside is a slippery slope, if
they can railroad some