2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the
present Padre Ottomano.
Evelyn.
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. [Obs.]
Bye
(Bye) n.
1. 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. [Obs. except in the phrase by
the bye.]
The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England.
Fuller.
2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. T. Hughes.
By the bye, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also by the by.]
Bye
(Bye) (bi) n. [AS. by; cf. Icel. bygð dwelling, byggja, bua, to dwell &radic97.]
1. A dwelling. Gibson.
2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.
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.
Bygone
(By"gone`) a. Past; gone by. "Bygone fooleries." Shak.
Bygone
(By"gone`) n. Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson.
Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.
By-interest
(By"-in`ter*est) n. Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.
Byland
(By"land) n. A peninsula. [Obs.]
Bylander
(By"land*er) n. See Bilander. [Obs.]
By-lane
(By"-lane`) n. A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
