Part 1516

<hw>Bys"sine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>byssinus</ets> made of byssus, Gr.<?/ See <er>Byssus</er>.]</ety> <def>Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.</def>

<i>Coles.</i>

<h1>Byssoid</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bys"soid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Byssus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Byssaceous.</def>

<h1>Byssolite</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bys"so*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/ See flax + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.</def>

<h1>Byssus</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>Bys"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Byssuses</plw><tt>(#)</tt>; L. <plw>Byssi</plw>.</plu><tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>byssus</ets> fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. <?/ .]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>byss</asp> and <asp>byssin</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the <i>Pinna</i> and <i>Mytilus</i>, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Asbestus.</def>

<h1>Bystander</h1> <Xpage=198>

<hw>By"stand`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>By</ets> + <ets>stander</ets>, equiv. to <ets>stander-by</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>big-standan</ets> to stand by or near.]</ety> <def>One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.</def>

<blockquote>He addressed the <b>bystanders</b> and scattered pamphlets among them. <i>Palfrey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.</syn>

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

<hw>By"-street`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.</def>

<blockquote>He seeks <b>by-streets</b>, and saves the expensive coach. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>By"-stroke`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An accidental or a slyly given stroke.</def>

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

<hw>By"-turn`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

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

<hw>By"-view`</hw><tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.</def>

<blockquote>No <b>by-views</b> of his own shall mislead him. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

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