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Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48: Way
\Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G.
weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[aum]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and
AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf.
Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee,
Weigh.] [1913 Webster] 1. That by, upon, or along, which one
passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of
passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as,
they built a way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven."
--Shak. [1913 Webster] I shall him seek by way and eke by
street. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The way seems difficult, and
steep to scale. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The season and ways
were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a
distance. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. Length of space; distance;
interval; as, a great way; a long way. [1913 Webster] And
whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart b