(a) A narrow way between walls or houses in towns, a lane, an alley; also a path, byway; roadway; blind ~, hidden, dark lane; hirnes and lanes, hiding places and alleys, places of concealment; commune ~, right of way; ~ ende, the end of a lane; ~ side, the side of a house or property adjacent to a lane; bi strete and ~, by street and lane, everywhere; lanes and stretes, etc.; (b) a path or walk in a garden; (c) a watercourse, channel for a stream; (d) in surnames; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.15, 26].