wash-wayn.
/ˈwɒʃweɪ/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌweɪ/, /ˈwɑʃˌweɪ/ dialect.
1. † b. to make wash-way of, with: to make light of, make short work of. Cf. wash-work n. 1.
a. A portion of a road crossed by a shallow stream.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford > portion of road crossed by stream
wash-waya1631
water splash1820
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 136 He that hath not been accustomed to a sin, but exercised in resisting it, will finde many tentations, but as a wash way that he can trot thorough, and goe forward religiously in his Calling for all them.
1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 66 Yesterday morning..the North mail cart, going through Tottenham Washway, was under water.
1804 Aston's Manch. Guide 17 The cart road through Hanging-ditch was through a wash-way, so narrow, that only one cart could pass at once.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt
unworthc950
to make scorn at, toc1320
to take in vainc1330
despise1377
rebuke?a1400
despite1481
indign1490
to make a mumming of1523
flock1545
scandalize1566
to make coarse account of1578
misregard1582
overpeer1583
to make a pish at (also of)1593
to make a push at1600
to bite by the nose1602
blurta1625
to piss ona1625
to make wash-way of, with1642
trample1646
huff1677
snouch1761
to walk over (the course)1779
to run over ——1816
snoot1928
shaft1959
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 32 But man heares like the Adder with a deafe eare: she makes wash-way with patience, word conscience and all.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 298 A common servant makes wash way of his service; lookes at his Master for his owne ends.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 618 Made wash-way of all sorts of performances, and made them common things.
2. A road deeper in the middle than at the sides.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > deeper in middle than at sides
wash road1765
wash-way1790
1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 44 A ‘washway road’.
1808 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford 588 The form of the roads is generally convex, and the few concave or wash-ways that may be observed, seem [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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