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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Causeway \Cause"way\ (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey \Cau"sey\ ((k[add]"z[y^]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie OF cauchie F. chauss['e]e, from LL (via) calciata fr calciare to make a road, either fr L. calx lime, hence to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way --Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: causeway n : a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand v 1: provide with a causeway: "A causewayed swamp" 2: pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Causeway a raised way an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1 Chr. 26:16, 18). In 2 Chr. 9:11 the same word is translated "terrace."
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