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causeys

causeys is the plural of causey.

Meaning of causey

Noun

causey (plural causeys)

  1. (obsolete) An embankment holding in water; a dam.
  2. (dialectal) A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
    • than com Soriondes with all his peple that was so grete, and sette ouer the cauchie so rudely as horse myght renne.c. 1460, Merlin, volume II
  3. (dialectal) A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones.
    • Satan went down The Causey to Hell Gate.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about causeys

What is causeys the plural of?
Causeys is the plural of causey.

Words near causeys in the dictionary

  1. causeyed
  2. causeymaker
  3. causeymakers
  4. causeyman
  5. causeymen
  6. causeys
  7. causiaroside
  8. causidical
  9. causimomancy
  10. causing
  11. causing a stir

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