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† ˈmileway Obs.
[f. mile n.1 + way.]
1. The space of time in which a mile may be travelled on foot; a period of twenty minutes. Hence Astr., a third of an hour of angular measurement.
13..Evang. Nicod. 704 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LIII. 404 Þe sonne at his ded wex all wan wele thre myle way or mare. c1350Will. Palerne 1578 Alle þe surgens of salerne so sone ne coþen Haue lesed his langour and his liif saued, As þe maide meliors in a mile wei dede. c1386Chaucer Shipman's T. 276, I shal nat faille surely of my day, Nat for a thousand frankes, a myle-way. c1391― Astrol. i. §16 As I have said, 5 of thise degrees maken a mile-wey, and 3 mile-wey maken an houre.
2. A distance of one mile.
13..K. Alis. 3487 He swam in thilke hevy armes; A mile waie with strengthe of armes. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. viii. 131 On Maluerne hulles, Musyng on þis Meeteles A myle wei Ich ȝeode. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 572 Thus thai mellit on mold, ane myle way and maire. 1530Palsgr. 862/1 Over a myle way, oultre vne mile.
3. A name applied to certain roads in the neighbourhood of Oxford. Also attrib.
1771Act 11 Geo. III, c. 19 (title) An Act for amending certain of the Mile-Ways leading to Oxford. Ibid., Whereas such of the several Roads near the University and City of Oxford usually called the Mile-Ways, as are not Part of any Turnpike Road, are in a very bad State [etc.]. 1798in Mrs. B. Stapleton Three Oxford Parishes (O.H.S.) 164 Paid Scroggs, surveyor, the Mileway money, {pstlg}7 0 0. |