FOSS, (Miscellaneous) the Roman Military-Way begins at Totness, and passes thro' Exeter, Ilchester, Shipton-Mallet, Bath, Cirencester, Leicester, the Vale of Belvoir, Newark, Lincoln, to Barton upon the Humber, being still visible in several parts, though of 1400 years standing. It had the name from the fosses or ditches made by the sides of it.