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macadamize
macadamize, v. (məˈkædəmaɪz) Also M{supc}Adamise, -ize. [f. macadam + -ize.] 1. trans. To make or repair (a road) according to J. L. M{supc}Adam's system, which consists in laying down successive layers of stone broken into pieces of nearly uniform size, each layer being allowed to consolidate under...
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macadamize
macadamizemacadamise, / -aɪz; -aɪz/ v [Tn]make or cover (a road) with macadam 用碎石铺或筑(路) macadamized roads 碎石路.
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macadamized
macadamized, ppl. a. (məˈkædəmaɪzd) [f. macadamize + -ed1.] 1. Of a road (see macadamize 1).1827 Blackw. Mag. XXI. 791 We were not seen stumbling even upon a Macadamized road. 1837 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 1/2 Filled in with broken stones, such as are used for M'Adamized roads. 1861 Musgrave By-r...
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macadamizing
▪ I. macaˈdamizing, vbl. n. [-ing1.] The action of the verb macadamize; macadamization.1851–61 Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 181 The macadamizing of the latter thoroughfare. 1876 Page Adv. Text-Bk. Geol. vii. 136 Their extensive use in causewaying and macadamising.▪ II. maˈcadamizing, ppl. a. [-ing2.] a. ...
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Pennsylvania Route 844
On April 14, 1863, an act was passed to macadamize a portion of the Washington and West Middletown Turnpike.
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macadamizer
maˈcadamizer [f. macadamize + -er1.] 1. One who makes macadamized roads.1824 Newcastle Mag. III. 26 [The paviours] have..nothing to do but to transform themselves into Macadamizers. 1864 Reader 11 June 747/3 Our London macadamizers go about their work in a very unscientific way. 1881 Instr. Census C...
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Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge
Bridge construction was finished at a cost of $80,000; an additional $20,000 was used to macadamize dykes across lowlands and a culvert over Bouldin Branch
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macadam
macadam (məˈkædəm) (Formerly with capital M; also Mac-Adam, M{supc}Adam.) 1. The name of John Loudon M{supc}Adam (1756–1836) used attrib. to designate the kind of roadway which he invented and the material used in making it: see macadamize. Now apprehended as an attributive use of 2.1824 Miss Mitfor...
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New York State Route 22
State Legislature formed a commission "to regulate, grade, widen, gravel, and improve the old White Plains Post Road", which was amended in 1870 to "macadamize
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-ize
-ize (also written -ise), suffix forming vbs. = F. -ise-r, It. -izare, Sp. -izar, ad. late L. -izāre, -īzāre, f. Gr. -ίζειν, formative derivative of vbs. The Greek verbs were partly intrans., as βαρβαρίζειν to play the barbarian, act or speak as a barbarian, side with the barbarians, τυραννίζειν to ...
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