WAY, a passage or road.
The Roman ways are divided into consular, prætorian, military, and public; and of these we have four remarkable ones in England: the first, Watling-street, or Watling-street, leading from Dover to London, Dunstable, Toucester, Atherston, and the Severn, extending as far as Anglesea in Wales. The second, called Hikenild, or Ikenild street, stretches from Southampton over the river Itis at Newbridge; thence by Camden and Litchfield; then passes the Derwent near Derby, and ends at Tinmouth. The third, called Posse-way, because in some places it was never perfected, but lies as a large ditch, leads from Cornwall through Devonshire, by Tethbury, near Stow in the Wolds; and beside Coventry to Leicester, Newark, and so to Lincoln. The fourth, called Erming, or Erminage-street, extends from St David's, in Wales, to Southampton.
Way of a Ship, is sometimes the same as her rake, or run forward or backward: but this term is most commonly understood of her sailing.