Chapter Bulge to Byword of B by Soule's Synonymes

By hook or by crook. Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way or another, some means or other.

By one’s self.

1. Alone, solitary.

2. Alone, by one’s own powers, without help, without assistance, without aid, out of one’s own head.

By-path, n.

1. By-way, side-path.

2. Private way, secret path, devious way, indirect course, crooked means.

By-place, n. Retired place, out-of-the-way place.

By-purpose, n. See by-end.

By-road, n. Private road, unfrequented road.

By-room, n. Private room. See cabinet.

By rote. Mechanically, perfunctorily, parrot-like, by mere repetition, without any exercise of the understanding, with no attention to the meaning.

Bystander, n. Spectator, looker-on.

By stealth. Secretly, clandestinely.

By the board. Overboard, over the side.

By the bye. In passing, en passant, apropos of the matter in hand, by the way.

By the job. At a stipulated price (for the whole job), by contract.

By the strike. By the level measure.

By the way. See by the bye.

By-way, n. By-path, private way, side-path, secluded road, out-of-the-way path.

Byword, n.

1. Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept.

2. Object of contempt, mark for scorn.

3. Slang, cant term.