BPage 491
- English Word By Definition Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
- English Word By-bidder Definition One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.
- English Word By-blow Definition A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
- English Word By-blow Definition An illegitimate child; a bastard.
- English Word By-corner Definition A private corner.
- English Word By-dependence Definition An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.
- English Word By-drinking Definition A drinking between meals.
- English Word By-election Definition An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
- English Word By-end Definition Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
- English Word By-interest Definition Self-interest; private advantage.
- English Word By-lane Definition A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
- English Word By-law Definition A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
- English Word By-law Definition 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 by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
- English Word By-name Definition A nickname.
- English Word By-pass Definition A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
- English Word By-passage Definition A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
- English Word By-past Definition Past; gone by.
- English Word By-place Definition A retired or private place.
- English Word By-product Definition A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
- English Word By-respect Definition Private end or view; by-interest.