road (rod)

[Early mod. E. also rode; also dial. (Sc.) raid, now in general use (see raid ); G.rhede ), roadstead for ships, = It. Sp. rad a = F. rade, roadstead, = Icel. reithi, preparations of ship, ride, raid, vehicle, reitha, implements, outfit, reithi, rigging, = Sw. redd = Dan. red, a road, roadstead), ney; expedition. IMG:content-2376.png:[blocks in formation] t'other side of the House, Silly Rascals that come voluntarily hither may perhaps want it. Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, [II. 242. To break a road. See break . - To take the road, to set out on a journey. To take to the road, to become a highway robber. Syn. 3. Street , Pa age , etc. (see way ), lane, route, course, thoroughfare. road (rod), v. t. [ One of the most Extensive and Complete Establishments in the Kingdom, well roaded, and situate in the Borough of Leeds. The Engineer , LXIX. 2. To follow the trail of by scent; track or pur sue on foot, as game: said of dogs. When pursued or roaded by a dog, they [Virgin i an rail] may be raised once, but the second time will be a task of more difficulty. Wilson and Bonaparte, Amer. Ornithol[ogy (ed. 1877), II. 406, note. with slatted seats placed cro wise on the roof, and with a curving staircase for reaching the top. It is commonly drawn by three horses abreast, and is used in London, and to some extent in New York. [Eng.] What is it but pride that makes us on a fine day prefer a hansom cab to the box seat of an omnibus or the garden-seated top of a road - car ? Nineteenth Century , XXIII. 240. road-drift (rōd'drift), n. See drift .