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way⋅side

[wey-sahyd]
–noun
1. the side of the way; land immediately adjacent to a road, highway, path, etc.; roadside.
–adjective
2. being, situated, or found at or along the wayside: a wayside inn.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see way 1 , side 1
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way·side   (wā'sīd')   
n.  The side or edge of a road, way, path, or highway.
adj.  Situated at or near the side of a road, way, path, or highway: a wayside inn.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

wayside 
"the side of the road," c.1400, from way + side. To fall by the wayside is from Luke viii.5.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

wayside

see fall by the wayside.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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