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ways there are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream proverbial saying, mid 19th century; meaning that there are more ways of achieving an end that giving an opponent a glut of what they most want. (Compare the next two entries.)
there are more ways of killing a dog than choking it with butter proverbial saying, mid 19th century; meaning that there are more ways of achieving an end than giving an opponent a glut of what they most want. (Compare the adjacent entries.)
there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it proverbial saying, late 17th century; meaning that there are more ways than one of achieving an end. (Compare the preceding two entries.)
ways and means the methods and resources that are at a person's disposal for achieving some aim; recorded from Middle English.

See also the parting of the ways, way.

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ways

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ways, the parallel platforms of timber down which the cradle (in which a ship being built is held) travels when the ship is launched. The fixed platforms are known as standing ways (or ground ways) and the sliding part as the sliding or launching ways.

See also slipway.

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