a passage or road.

The Roman ways are divided into consular, praetorian, 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, Towcester, Atherstone, and the Severn, extending as far as Anglesea in Wales. The second, called Ikenild, or Ikenild-street, stretches from Southampton over the river Isis at Newbridge; thence by Camden and Litchfield; then passes the Derwent, near Derby, and ends at Tinmouth. The third, called Fosse-way, because in some places it was never perfected, but lies as a large ditch, leads from Cornwall through Devonshire, by Teshow, near Stow in the Wolds; and beside Coventry to Leicester, Newark, and so to Lincoln. The fourth, called Ermine, 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.

Way-wode, a title given to the governors of the chief places in the empire of Muscovy, as also in Poland.