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Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
Self-interest; private advantage.
A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
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.
A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
A nickname.
A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
Past; gone by.
A retired or private place.
A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
Private end or view; by-interest.
A private room or apartment.
An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.
A proverb.
A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.
A secluded or private walk.