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Webster 1913 Edition

Street

Street

(strēt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
strete
, AS.
strǣt
, fr. L.
strata
(sc.
via
) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of
sternere
,
stratum
, to spread; akin to E.
strew
. See
Strew
, and cf.
Stratum
,
Stray
,
Verb.
&
Adj.
]
1.
Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.
He removed [the body of] Amasa from the
street
unto the field.
Coverdale.
At home or through the high
street
passing.
Milton.
☞ In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare.
His deserted mansion in Duke
Street
.
Macaulay.
Syn. – See
Way
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Street

STREET

,
Noun.
[L., strewed or spread. See Strew.]
1.
Properly, a paved way or road; but in usage, any way or road in a city, chiefly a main way, in distinction from a lane or alley.
2.
Among the people of New England, any public highway.
3.
Streets, plural, any public way, road or place.
That there be no complaining in our streets. Psalm 144.

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