Part 1515

<hw>By"-re*spect`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Private end or view; by-interest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Byroad</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"road`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A private or obscure road.</def> "Through slippery <b>byroads</b>"

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Byronic</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"ron`ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.</def>

<blockquote>With despair and <b>Byronic misanthropy</b>. <i>Thackeray</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>By"-room`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A private room or apartment.</def> "Stand in some <i>by-room</i>"

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bysmottered</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"*smot`ter*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Besmut</er>.]</ety> <def>Bespotted with mud or dirt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>By"-speech`</hw><tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.</def> "To quote <i>by-speeches</i>."

<i>Hooker.</i>

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

<hw>By"-spell`</hw><tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bigspell</ets>.]</ety> <def>A proverb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Byss</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Byss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Byssus</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Byssaceous</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bys*sa"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Byssus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous alg\'91.</def>

<h1>Byssiferous</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bys*sif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Byssus</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing a byssus or tuft.</def>

<h1>Byssin</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bys"sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Byssus</er>, <tt>n.,</tt> 1.</def>

<h1>Byssine</h1> <Xpage=198>