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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Passing near; going past; past; beyond; <as>as, the procession has gone <ex>by</ex></as>; a bird flew <i>by</i>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Aside; <as>as, to lay <ex>by</ex></as>; to put <i>by</i>.</def>

<h1>By</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; <as>as, <i>by</i>-line, <i>by</i>-place, <i>by</i>-play, <i>by</i>-street</as>. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; <as>as, <i>by</i>-business, <i>by</i>-concernment, <i>by</i>-design, <i>by</i>-interest, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Byard</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"ard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.</def>

<h1>By-bidder</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"-bid`der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>By-blow</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"-blow`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.</def>

<blockquote>With their <b>by-blows</b> they did split the very stones in pieces. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An illegitimate child; a bastard.</def>

<blockquote>The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty <b>by-blow</b>, the present Padre Ottomano. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>By-corner</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"-cor`ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A private corner.</def>

<blockquote>Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>By-dependence</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"-de*pend`ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>By-drinking</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"-drink`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A drinking between meals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bye</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bye</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in <i>on</i> or <i>upon the bye</i>, <it>i.e.</it>, in passing; indirectly; by implication.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the <b>bye</b> even the discipline of the Church of England. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>A run made upon a missed ball; <as>as, to steal a bye</as>.</def>

<i>T. Hughes.</i>

<cs><col>By the bye</col>, <cd>in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand.</cd> <altsp>[Written also <asp>by the by<asp>.]</altsp></cs>

<h1>Bye</h1> <Xpage=198>