By-blow
By″–blow′ (�), n. 1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces.Bunyan.2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.The Ag...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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By-corner
By″–cor′ner (�), n. A private corner.Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world.Fuller.
By-dependence
By″–de‐pend′ence (�), n. An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak.
By-drinking
By″–drink′ing, n. A drinking between meals.
By-election
By″–e‐lec″tion (�), n. An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
By-end
By″–end′ (�), n. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. [Written also bye-end.]“Profit or some other by-end.”L'Estrange.
By-interest
By″–in′ter‐est (�), n. Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.
By-lane
By″–lane′ (bī″–lān′), n. A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
By-law
By″–law′ (bī″–la̤′), n. [Cf. Sw. bylag, D. bylov, Icel. bȳarlög, fr. Sw. & Dan. by town, Icel. bær, byr (fr. bûa to dwell) + the word for law; hence, a law for one town, a speci...
By-name
By″–name′ (�), n. A nickname. Camden.
By-pass
By″–pass (�), n.(Mech.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
By-passage
By″–pas′sage (�), n. A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
By-past
By″–past (�), a. Past; gone by. “By-past perils.” Shak.
By-place
By″–place′ (�), n. A retired or private place.
By-product
By″–prod′uct (�), n. A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
By-respect
By″–re‐spect′ (bī″rē̍‐spĕkt′), n. Private end or view; by-interest. Dryden.
By-room
By″–room′ (�), n. A private room or apartment. “Stand in some by-room” Shak.
By-speech
By″–speech′(�), n. An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. “To quote by-speeches.” Hooker.
By-spell
By″–spell′(�), n. [AS. bigspell.] A proverb.
By-street
By″–street′ (�), n. A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach.Gay.
By-stroke
By″–stroke′ (�), n. An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
By-turning
By″–turn′ing (�), n. An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P. Sidney.
By-view
By″–view′(�), n. A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.No by-views of his own shall mislead him.Atterbury.
By-walk
By″–walk′(�), n. A secluded or private walk.He moves afterward in by-walks.Dryden.
By-wash
By″–wash′ (�), n. The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
By-wipe
By″–wipe′ (�), n. A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm. Milton.
Byard
By″ard (�), n. A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.