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A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.
A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.
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Having no ways or roads; pathless.
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In various or different ways.
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One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
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One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.
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The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.
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In sundry ways; variously.
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A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight 1.
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The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc.
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A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
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Turned in seven different ways.
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A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.
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A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.
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Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
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Of or pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers.
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Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum.
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An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style.
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In many different ways; variously.
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The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.
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