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Highway :: Highway (n.) A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Highwaymen :: Highwaymen (pl. ) of Highwayma.

Brigandage :: Brigandage (n.) Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways..

Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel..

Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..

Wide :: Wide (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry..

Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.

Pad :: Pad (n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.

Highroad :: Highroad (n.) A highway; a much traveled or main road.

Footpad :: Footpad (n.) A highwayman or robber on foot.

Roadside :: Roadside (n.) Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

Aedile :: Aedile (n.) A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer..

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