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The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.
A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.
In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
A dwelling.
A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
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; indirectly; by implication.
Past; gone by.
Something gone by or past; a past event.
A peninsula.
See Bilander.
To give a nickname to.
A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.
of Bypath
Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.
A cow house.
A private or obscure road.
Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.
Bespotted with mud or dirt.
See Byssus, n., 1.