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US Army Slang
Retired On Active Duty (i.e., "ROAD Warrior")
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An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.
A macadamized road.
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A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
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Destitute of roads.
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That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
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Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.
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A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
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A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
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Having no ways or roads; pathless.
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A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages.
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Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads.
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A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads.
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An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.
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A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads.
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Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
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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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One who makes roads.
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A bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads rather than for the racing track.
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In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.
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A road way.
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