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WAYSIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edge of a way or road or path
Example:
flowers along the wayside
Synonyms:
roadside; wayside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wayside" is a kind of...):
edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)
Holonyms ("wayside" is a part of...):
way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)
Context examples:
The languid loungers of St. James’s were also the yachtsmen of the Solent, the fine riders of the shires, and the hardy fighters in many a wayside battle and many a morning frolic.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Often in peaceful after-days was Alleyne to think of that scene of the wayside inn of Auvergne.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A more cheery and hearty set of people could not be imagined, and the chaff flew about as thick as the dust clouds, while at every wayside inn the landlord and the drawers would be out with trays of foam-headed tankards to moisten those importunate throats.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet he walked with his chin upon his shoulder, until, catching sight of a maiden by a wayside well, the smiles came back to his face and peace to his heart.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Knowing their own prowess, they never refused the chance of a wayside adventure, and it was seldom indeed that the bargee or the navigator had much to boast of after a young blood had taken off his coat to him.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
See where she digs by the wayside.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But, with your favor, friend, I must gather my arrows again, for while a shaft costs a penny a poor man can scarce leave them sticking in wayside stumps.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A deadly sickness came over him at the sight, and sitting down by the wayside he burst out weeping, with his nerves all in a jangle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here are the precious relics, and, oh, I pray you that you will handle them softly and with reverence, else had I rather left my unworthy bones here by the wayside.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He mounted, as he spoke, a white mule which had been grazing by the wayside, all gay with fustian of gold and silver bells, and rode onward with Sir Nigel's party.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
