Webster's Dictionary 1913

5968

Bye

Bye (bī), n. 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i.e., in passing; indirectl...

5969

Bye (2)

Bye (bī) n. [AS. bȳ; cf. Icel. bygð dwelling, byggja, būa, to dwell √97.] 1. A dwelling. Gibson.2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.

5970

Bye (3)

Bye, n. 1. In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to...

5971

Bygone

By″gone′ (bī″gŏn′; 115), a. Past; gone by. “Bygone fooleries.” Shak.

5972

Bygone (2)

By″gone′ (�), n. Something gone by or past; a past event. “Let old bygones be” Tennyson.Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.

5973

Byland

By″land (�), n. A peninsula.

5974

Bylander

By″land‐er (�), n. See Bilander.

5975

Byname

By″name′, v. t. To give a nickname to. Camden.

5976

Bypath

By″path′ (�), n.; pl.Bypaths (�). A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.God known, my son,By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways,I met this crown.Shak.

5977

Byplay

By″play (�), n. Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.

5978

Byre

Byre (�), n. [Cf, Icel. bür pantry, Sw. bur cage, Dan. buur, E. bower.] A cow house.

5979

Byroad

By″road′ (�), n. A private or obscure road. “Through slippery byroads” Swift.

5980

Byronic

By″ron′ic (�), a. Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.With despair and Byronic misanthropy.Thackeray

5981

Bysmottered

By‐smot″ter‐ed (bī̍‐smŏt″tẽr‐ĕd), p.a. [See Besmut.] Bespotted with mud or dirt. Chaucer.

5982

Byss

Byss (�), n. See Byssus, n., 1.

5983

Byssaceous

Bys‐sa″ceous (�), a. [From Byssus.] (Bot.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

5984

Byssiferous

Bys‐sif″er‐ous (�), a. [Byssus + -ferous.] Bearing a byssus or tuft.

5985

Byssin

Bys″sin (�), n. See Byssus, n., 1.

5986

Byssine

Bys″sine (�), a. [L. byssinus made of byssus, Gr. βύσσινοσ See Byssus.] Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

5987

Byssoid

Bys″soid (�), a. [Byssus + -oid.] Byssaceous.

5988

Byssolite

Bys″so‐lite (�), n. [Gr.� See flax + -lite.] (Min.) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

5989

Byssus

‖Bys″sus (�), n.; pl. E. Byssuses (�); L. Byssi. (�) [L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. βύσσοσ.]1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is ...

5990

Bystander

By″stand′er (�), n. [By + stander, equiv. to stander-by; cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.] One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business tra...

5991

Byway

By″way′ (�), n. A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. “ Take no byways.” Herbert.

5992

Byword

By″word′ (�), n. [AS. bïword; bï, E. by + word.] 1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.I knew a wise man that had it for a byword.Bacon.2. The obje...

5993

Bywork

By″work (�), n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

5994

Byzant

{ Byz″ant (�), Byz″an‐tine (–ăn″tīn) n. } [OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at By...