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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bȳ'-côr'ner, n. p. 180A private corner. Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller.By'-de-pĕnd'ence, n. p. 180An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence. Shak.By'-de-sign', n. p. 180An incidental design or purpose. Hudibras.Bȳe, n. p. 180A dwelling. Gibson. 2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.By'e'-ĕnd, n. p. 180Private end or interest; secret purpose or advantage. Atterbury.Bȳ'-gōne, a. p. 180Past; gone by. “By-gone fooleries.” Shak.Bŷ'-gōne, n. p. 180Something gone by or past; a past event. “Let the old by-gones be.” Tennyson. Let by-gones be by-gones, let the past be forgotten.Bȳ'-in'ter-est, n. p. 180Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.Bŷ'-lāne, n. p. 180A private lane, or one out of the usual road.Bŷ'-lāw, n. p. 180A law aside from the general or public law; a local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or…Bŷ'-māt'ter, n. p. 180Something incidental. Bacon.Bŷ'-nāme, n. p. 180A nickname. Camden.Bȳ'-nāme, v. t. p. 180To give a nickname to. Camden.Bŷ'-pās/sage, n. p. 180A passage different from the usual one; a by-way.Bŷ'-pāst, a. p. 180Past; gone by. “By-past perils.” Shak.Bŷ'-pāth, n. p. 180A private path; an obscure way. Shak.Bŷ'-plāce, n. p. 180A retired or private place.Bŷ'-plāy, n. p. 180A scene which is carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds, with a view, ordinarily, to enhance the sport.By'-pūr'pose, n. p. 180An indirect or concealed purpose; a clandestine design.Bȳ're, n. p. 180A cow-house. [Prov. Eng.]Bŷ'-re-spēct', n. p. 180Private end or view. Dryden.Bŷ'-rōad, n. p. 180A private or obscure road. “Through slippery by-roads.” Swift.Bŷ'-rōom, n. p. 180A private room or apartment. “Stand in some by-room.” Shak.Bŷ'-speech, n. p. 180An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. “To quote by-speeches.” Hooker.Bŷ'-spēll, n. p. 180A proverb. [Obs.]Bÿss, n. p. 180A silk or linen hood.Bŷs'sin p. 180Gower.Bys-sā'ceōŭs, a. p. 180(Bot.) Byssus-like; consisting of fine fibers or filaments; as the roots of some mushrooms. Henslow.Bȳs'sine, a. p. 180Made of silk; having a silky or flax-like appearance. Coles.Bŷs'soid, a. p. 180(Bot.) Having the appearance of the fungous plants called byssus. London.Bÿs'sus, n. p. 180A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. 2. (Conch.) A tuft of long, delicate, lustrous, and silky filaments, which issues…Bȳ'-stānd'er, n. p. 180One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the by-standers and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.Bȳ'-street, n. p. 180A separate, private, or obscure street. He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay.Bŷ'-strōke, n. p. 180An incidental or sly stroke.Bŷ'-tūrn'ing, n. p. 180An obscure road. Sidney.Bŷ'-view, n. p. 180Private view; self-interested purpose. No by-views of his own shall mislead him. Atterbury.Bȳ'-walk, n. p. 180A secluded or private walk. He moves afterward in by-walks. Dryden.Bŷ'-wash, n. p. 180The outlet from a dam or reservoir. [Eng.]Bȳ'-wāy, n. p. 180A secluded, private, or obscure way. “Take no by-ways.” Herbert.Bŷ'-wēst, prep. p. 180To the west of. [Obs.] Davies.Bÿ'-wīpe, n. p. 180A secret stroke or sarcasm. Milton.Bŷ'-word, n. p. 180A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word. Bacon.Bŷz'ant or Bŷz'an-tīne, n. p. 180(Numis.) A gold coin of the value of fifteen pounds sterling, so called from being coined at Byzantium.By-zăn’tīne or Bŷz'an-tīne, a. p. 180(Geog.) Pertaining or belonging to Byzantium. Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire, about A. D. 300. Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the…C p. 181C, the third letter in the English alphabet, and the second of the consonant letters, has two sounds, which are produced by two very different positions of the organs; one hard, like K, which occurs…Ca-ā'bā, n. p. 181The temple at Mecca, and especially a small, cubical oratory within, adored by Mohammedans, as containing the black stone said to have been given by an angel to Abraham.Căb, n. p. 181A kind of covered carriage with two or four wheels, drawn by one horse. A cab came clattering up. Thackeray.Căb, n. p. 181A Hebrew dry measure, containing two and five sixths pints English and American corn measure.Ca-băl', n. p. 181A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views in church or state by intrigue; a junto. It so happened, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet…Ca-băl' or Căb'a-lȧ, n. p. 181Tradition, or a mysterious kind of science among Jewish rabbins, pretended to have been delivered to the ancient Jews by revelation, and transmitted by oral tradition, serving for the interpretation…Ca-băl', v. i. p. 181To unite in a small party to promote private views by intrigue; to intrigue; to unite in secret artifices to effect some design. Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden. Syn.—To plot…Căb'a-lĭsm, n. p. 181The secret science of the cabalists. “Vigorous impressions of spirit, ecstasies, . . . cabalisms.” Spenser.Căb'a-līst, n. p. 181A Jewish doctor who professes the study of the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. “Studious cabalists.” Swift.Cāb'a-līst'ic or Cāb'a-līst'ic-al, a. p. 181Pertaining to the cabala, or mysterious science of Jewish traditions; containing an occult meaning. “Cabalistical theology.” Bp. Bull. “Cabalistic depositaries.” Beckford.Căb'a-list'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 181In the manner of the cabalists. Herbert.Căb'a-lize, v. i. p. 181To use the manner or language of the cabalists. [Rare.] Henry More.Ca-bāl'ler, n. p. 181One who unites with others in close designs to effect an object by intrigue; one who cabals. Cautious in the field, he shunned the sword; A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.Căb'al-line, a. p. 181Pertaining to a horse. Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon;—so called from the fable which represented it to have been formed by a blow from the foot of the winged horse…Căb'al-līne, n. p. 181(Far.) A coarse variety of aloes, so called because used as a medicine for horses. See CABALLINE, a.Căb'a-ret, n. p. 181A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. “Some cabaret or tennis-court.” Bramhall.