Macadʹamise (4 syl.)
. Using broken stones for road metal, and making the road convex instead of concave; a method introduced by Sir John L. Macadam (1756–1836).
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	      Entry taken from
	      Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
	      edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.