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f'rocess of things good or ill.—The affairs here began to 
^settle in a prosperous way. Heylin. —Right method to act 
or know,—We are quite out of the way, when we think 
that things contaiu within themselves the qualities that appear 
to us in them. Locke.— General scheme of acting.—Men 
who go out of the way to hint free things, must be guilty 
of absurdity, or rudeness. Richardson.—By the way , 
Without any necessary connection with the main design; 
an passant. —Note, by the way, that unity of continuance 
is easier to procure, than unity of species. Bacon.—To go 
or come one's way » or ways; to come along, or depart. 
A familiar phrase. 
Nay, come your ways ; 
This is his majesty, say your mind to him. Shakspeare. 
Way and ways , are now often used corruptly for wise .— 
’Tis no way the interest even of priesthood. Pope. 
WAY, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Throwley, 
Devonshire. 
WAYBARI, a river of Guiana, which runs into the 
Atlantic, Lat. 6. 25. N. long. 58. 6. W. 
WAYBERGTHWAITE, a township of England, in 
Cumberland; H mile south-east-by-south of Ravenglass. 
WAYBORN HOPE, a creek and point of land, on the 
north coast of Norfolk. 
WAYBOURNE, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 3£ 
miles north-east of Holt. 
WA'YBREAD, s. [plantago, Lat.] A plant. Ainsworth. 
Next Way bread rose, propt by her seven nerves 
Who th’ honour of a noble house preserves. Cowley t 
WA'YFARER, s. Passenger; traveller.—Howsoever, 
many way farers make themselves glee, by putting the in¬ 
habitants in mind of this privilege; who again, especially 
the women, forslow not to bain them. Carew. 
WAYFARING, adj. Travelling; passing; being on a 
journey.—They to whom all this is revealed, if they will not 
be .directed into a path so plained and smoothed, that the 
wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein, must 
needs acknowledge themselves in the number of the blind, 
that will not enter into God’s rest. Hammond. 
WAYFARINGTREE, s. [ viburnum, Lat.] A plant. 
Miller. —The viburnum or wayfaringtrcc makes pins for 
the yokes of oxen. 'Evelyn. 
WAYFORD, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 2 
miles south-west of Crewkerne. 
WAYGIOU, an island in the Eastern seas, separated by 
Dampier’s strait from New Guinea, to the south. Perhaps 
the south coast has not been surveyed. On the north-west 
is a good harbour, called Bony, at the mouth of which is the 
island Bony. Here the coast is of considerable elevation, 
very unequal and woody, being covered with an immense 
forest reaching to the water’s edge. The island is through¬ 
out mountainous, even at a small distance from the coast. 
The trees grow to an immense height. Vegetables are in 
great variety, being oranges, cocoa-nuts, sugar-canes, sago, 
and pimento. Turtle of large size are on the shore, and 
numbers of wild hogs in the woods. Many rare and beautiful 
birds. are seen here, namely, the black cocatoo, the bird of 
paradise, &c. The natives are of a very suspicious disposi¬ 
tion, probably from being trepanned as slaves. The common 
people go almost entirely naked: the chiefs have jackets 
and trowsers of Chinese stuffs, and wear a hat or turban. 
The colour of their skins is not black: their hair is curled, 
thick, and grows to a considerable length. Their arms are 
long lances, pointed with iron or bone, bows and arrows. 
Their houses are built on posts; consist of bamboo; and are 
■elevated above the ground. The centre of the island is about 
0. 12. S. lat. On the north coast of this island is a harbour, 
farmed by the island of Rawak, on which grows the ambong 
tree, the heart of which is an excellent cabbage; and here 
sago cakes, baked hard, are to be purchased in large quanti¬ 
ties, as are also fish and turtle. To the latter, 'the Malays of 
the eastern isles have in general an antipathy. There are 
no goats or fowls here. On the north-west coast of Waygiou, 
there is another harbour, named Piapis, situated in Lat. 0. 5. 
WAY 501 
S. long. 130. 15. E. It is formed by two capacious bays, 
where there is fresh water, and plenty of tall timber, fit for 
masts. In both bays there are good mud soundings; and 
on a small island, named Sisipa, is a pond of fresh water, 
with sago trees growing close to it; the ambong or cabbage 
tree also abounds. The inhabitants of Waygiou were said 
to be about 100,000, always at war among themselves. The 
north coast is about 15 leagues in length. 
To WAYLAY, v. a. To watch insidiously in the way; 
to beset by ambush.—1 will waylay thee going home, where 
if it be thy chance to kill me,—thou kill’st me like a rogue 
and a villain. Shakspeare. 
WAYLAYER, s. One who waits in ambush for another. 
WAYLESS, adj. Pathless; untracked. 
When on upon my way less walk. 
As my desires me draw, 
I, like a madman fell to talk 
With every thing I saw. Drayton. 
WAYMAKER, s. One who causes way to be made for 
another; a precursor.—Christ never comes before his way- 
maker hath laid even the heart with sorrow and repentance 
Bacon. 
WAYMARK, s. Mark to guide in travelling.—Set thee 
up waymarks, make thee high heaps. Jer. 
TvWAYME'NT, v. a. [pa, Saxon. Johnson. —Old 
French gaimenter, se plaindre, se lamenter. Roquefort .] 
To lament, or grieve. Obsolete. 
For what boots it to weep and to wayment, 
When ill is chanc’d, but doth the ill increase. 
And the weak mind with double woe torment. Spenser. 
WAYNE, a post township of the United States, in Ken- 
nebeck county, Maine; 20 miles west of Augusta, and 294 
north-north-east of Boston. Population 819.—2. A town¬ 
ship of Steuben county, New York ; 15 miles east of Bath. 
Population 1025.—3. A township of Lycoming county, 
Pennsylvania. Population 340.—4. A township of Mifflin 
county, Pennsylvania, on the Juniatta; 15 miles east-south¬ 
east of Huntingdon. Population 1501.—5. A township of 
Crawford county, Pennsylvania. Population 502—6. A 
township of Adams county, Ohio. Population 901.—7. 
A township of Butler county, Ohio. Population 1135.— 
8. A township of Columbiana county, Ohio. Population 
377.—9. A township of Jefferson county, Ohio. Popula¬ 
tion 1161.—10. A township of Knox county, Ohio. Po¬ 
pulation 478—11. A township of Montgomery county, 
Ohio. Population 431.—12. A township of Pickaway 
county, Ohio. Population 742.—13. A township of Scioto 
county, Ohio. Population 393.—14. A township of Tus¬ 
carawas county, Ohio. Population 191.—15. A post town¬ 
ship of Wayne county, Kentucky.—16. A post township of 
Wayne county, Tennessee.—17. A county of the United 
States, in the north-east corner of Pennsylvania, bounded 
north by New York, east by the Delaware, which separates 
it from New Jersey, south by Northampton county, and west 
by Luzerne and Susquehanna counties. Population 4125.— 
18. A county of the United States, on the east side of In¬ 
diana. The chief towns are Salisbury and Centreville —19. 
A county of the United States, in the central part of North 
Carolina. Population 8687, besides 2756 slaves.—20. A 
county of the United States, in the interior part of Ohio, 
bounded south by Coshocton, east by Stark, north by Medina 
and part of Portage, and west by Richland. The timber on 
the upland is very tall, and generally composed of white 
and black oak, walnut, cherry, hickory, and some few ches- 
nuts. The prevailing timber on the bottoms and low lands 
is ash, elm, sycamore, sugarmaple, and soft maple, together 
with some beech, interspersed with a variety of wild plums, 
crab apples, grape vines, buckeye, hazel, &c.—21. A county 
of the United States, on the south side of Kentucky. Popu¬ 
lation 5430.—22. A county of the United States, in Georgia. 
Population 676, besides 254 slaves.—23. A county of the 
United States, in Alabama. Population 1253. 
WAYNESBOROUGH, a post town of the United States, 
and capital of Greene county, Pennsylvania; 22 miles south 
of 
