WATLING STREET
\wˈatlɪŋ stɹˈiːt], \wˈatlɪŋ stɹˈiːt], \w_ˈa_t__l_ɪ_ŋ s_t_ɹ_ˈiː_t]\
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wat'ling strët, n. one of the great Roman highways of Britain, commencing at Dover, passing through Canterbury and Rochester to London, and thence to Chester and York, and northwards in two branches to Carlisle and the Wall in the neighbourhood of Newcastle.
By Thomas Davidson
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