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Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways..

Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..

Toll :: Toll (n.) A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like..

Pad :: Pad (n.) The act of robbing on the highway.

Purpresture :: Purpresture (n.) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc..

Pad :: Pad (n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.

Wide :: Wide (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry..

Overseer :: Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways..

Highroad :: Highroad (n.) A highway; a much traveled or main road.

Highway :: Highway (n.) A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Footpad :: Footpad (n.) A highwayman or robber on foot.

Streetwalker :: Street (a.) Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses..

Highwayman :: Highwayman (n.) One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

Paviage :: Paviage (n.) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A highwayman; a robber.

Highwaymen :: Highwaymen (pl. ) of Highwayma.

Roadside :: Roadside (n.) Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway..

Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.

Reparation :: Reparation (n.) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used..

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