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causey |
2 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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Causey, NM (village, FIPS 12850) Location: 33.86523 N, 103.11683 W Population (1990): 57 (29 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88113
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