[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

road \road\ r=o, n. as. r=ad a riding, that on which one
   rides or travels, a road, fr. rimacdan to ride. see ride,
   and cf. raid.
   1. a journey, or stage of a journey. obs.
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            with easy roads he came to leicester. --shak.
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   2. an inroad; an invasion; a raid. obs. --spenser.
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   3. a place where one may ride; an open way or public passage
      for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel,
      forming a means of communication between one city, town,
      or place, and another.
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            the most villainous house in all the london road.
                                                  --shak.
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   note: the word is generally applied to highways, and as a
         generic term it includes highway, street, and lane.
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   4. possibly akin to icel. reiethi the rigging of a ship,
      e. ready. a place where ships may ride at anchor at some
      distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the
      plural; as, hampton roads. --shak.
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            now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners,
            for we be come unto a quiet rode road. --spenser.
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   on the road, or uponthe road, traveling or passing over a
      road; coming or going; traveling; on the way.
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            my hat and wig will soon be here,
            they are upon the road.               --cowper.
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   road agent, a highwayman, especially on the stage routes of
      the unsettled western parts of the united states; -- a
      humorous euphemism. western u.s.
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            the highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly
            called.                               --the century.
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   road book, a guidebook in respect to roads and distances.
      

   road kill see roadkill in the vocabulary.

   road metal, the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads.
      

   road roller, a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers,
      for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and
      compact. -- often driven by steam.

   road runner zool., the chaparral cock.

   road steamer, a locomotive engine adapted to running on
      common roads.

   to go on the road, to engage in the business of a
      commercial traveler. colloq.

   to take the road, to begin or engage in traveling.

   to take to the road, to engage in robbery upon the
      highways.
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   syn: way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage;
        course. see way.
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see also:
ride raid on the road uponthe road road agent road book 
road kill roadkill road metal road roller road runner 
road steamer to go on the road to take the road to take to the road way 

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