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A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

A macadamized road.

firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.

A thing made up of eight parts. Milman.

An excursion. [Obs.] "Outrodes by the ways of Judea." Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

A goad for driving oxen.

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.

The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]

To load again, as a gun.

A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.] With easy roads he came to Leicester. Shak.

In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.

Destitute of roads.

One who makes roads.

Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4. Moored in the neighboring roadstead. Longfellow.

A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads. A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster. Thackeray.

A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages. Shak.

Commonly, the whole weight of aëroplane and load divided by the span, or length from tip to tip.