Lexic.us

2. Noun. (context: now dialectal) A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc. ¹

3. Noun. (context: now dialectal) A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Causey

1. a paved road [n -SEYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Causey

Literary usage of Causey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1841)
"And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said new causey shall be made and kept in repair at the equal expense and Who to work labour ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"causey connected with the purchase of a certain "old vitchie verret." as causey called it, which l could see even now stirring in the pocket of one of the ..."

3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"Some account of the charity and the time when it was given are recorded on another stone pillar at Galloways, near the further end of the causey from ..."

4. The Works of Robert Fergusson by Robert Fergusson, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1851)
"... AND causey, IN THEIR MOTHER-TONGUE. 1 Tl Mailla SINCE Merlin' laid Auld ... causey, And made her o' his wark right saucy, The spacious street and gude ..."

5. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1881)
"... the causey in good repaire & keepe the slipp or passage & causey free from all ... causey ..."

6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"... To crop the causey, to walk unyieldingly CROSS-PURPOSES. A child's game. Alu Thii lady tho waj crope aiide, confusion and difficulties. CROSS-QUARTERS. ..."

7. Tour Through Ireland: Particularly the Interior & Least Known Parts by James Hall (1813)
"... a small village about three miles from the Giants'-causey, and so called because the river Rush, which runs through it, rises from among rushes, ..."

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