Part 1514

<blockquote>There was likewise a law to restrain the <b>by-laws</b>, or ordinances of corporations. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The law or institution; to which are added two <b>by-laws</b>, as a comment upon the general law. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and <i>by-laws<i> for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by <i>by<i>, meaning <i>secondary<i> or <i>aside<i>.</def>

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

<hw>By"-name`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A nickname.</def>

<i>Camden.</i>

<h1>Byname</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"name`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give a nickname to.</def>

<i>Camden.</i>

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

<hw>By"-pass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.</def>

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

<hw>By"-pas`sage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A passage different from the usual one; a byway.</def>

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

<hw>By"-past</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Past; gone by.</def> "<i>By-past</i> perils."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bypath</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"path`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bypaths</plw>(<?/).</plu> <def>A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.</def>

<blockquote>God known, my son, By what <b>bypaths</b>, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>By"-place`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A retired or private place.</def>

<h1>Byplay</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"play</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.</def>

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

<hw>By"-prod`uct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.</def>

<h1>Byre</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Byre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf, Icel. <ets>b\'81r</ets> pantry, Sw. <ets>bur</ets> cage,Dan. <ets>buur</ets>, E.<ets>bower</ets>.]</ety> <def>A cow house.</def> <mark>[N. of Eng.& Scot.]</mark>

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