by-lane 
by-lane (M'la..). . A private lane, or one 
(OXming a l.vway. /-';'. 
by-law On'lii ), . [ Formerly explained Mid MOW 
generally accepted as made up (if ''//' <''.V- :) ) 
ami tow 1 , aw if 'a subordinat ..... MOOndkry 
law,' hut in fact the elements arc In./-, u town, 
+ /Kiel, after Dan. ft///"/-, municipal law (cf. 
Dan. hiloi; an amendment m a law, developed 
from bylor. lint now regarded as simply < hi- (= 
(,./;-'= ]',./,-<) + l,,r= K. /iri), = Sw. bill,,,,, 
the commonalty of a village, the older form 
hem- Se. and North. K. bi/Hmr, also written 
/,,*?. MrfaM, in comp. even Mrby, 
743 
by.-pass (',,] ,. r. r. [<^,.] To fur- 
tm Wtth a by-pass. 
I n< \t U ,,./.<-,./ tin- nutb-l vnlvi- with a CUM- im-h |ii| . 
-.//./... XXII. W", 
by-passage ( lii'pus'aj), . A private or retired 
passage ; a byway. ' 
by-passer (lii'pas'fer), w. A passer-by. Liiilnini. 
by-past (ln'past), . Past; gone by: as, "by- 
,, tl! ,t perils,'' Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 158. 
by-path (bi'path), H. A byway; a private 
path; an indirect course or means. 
.. ... 
llw "a 2 He,, iv. iv.4. 
bysse 
' 
JHhB1 , 8hemeldi 
n,-ivaiiihiri-iliuil< 
. .,;.. ..par 
eldi ' K,, !,!!. 1.1. Hradtleld, :m,l Rotherhani 
n,-ivaiiihiri-iliuil<-il iiFl..//.,./,,x. l,ut it ukrd 
tht thewdlrbloiu are not tube, found on_tlic IX-i 
* M '' "' ""' "'" '"' 
3 - A parish meeting. [Prov. hug. (\ orkslnrc .). ] 
byrlaw-court (liir la-kort), 11. [Also written 
birli-y-, biirl>y-,-onrt : < WMM + <,,irl.\ The 
court in which the byrlaw was administered. 
Pjeoteh.] See/,,/''"". 
byrlaw-man (bir la-man), [Also wnttcn 
6ir/mc -. '<"'<//. terfaMM/ < '/-/ + < , 
cf. Icel. tajar-ldgmaakr, a town-justice.] 1. 
lii,,, town-law (<-f.l,,,;i,,,-i;i ; ,, H ,,,lhr, a town- 
justice, -by, -law-man'), < %-', 6^r, gen. of 
Mr /wrr or fr-i- r Norw 6 8w Dan bn 
7s 's e M) T tovvn +jS - Norn ^ - 
& S = Dan. 1^, law: 'see fc-V aUdfe 
It. A'locallaw; a law made by a municipalitv 
or by a rural community for tfee regulation of 
affairs within its authority ; an ordinance. 
hi the shiiiw wlKTi! this n.-in.'s ,ir,|iiin.l ii tiria fixitluild, 
the t4>wiwhlii was often called a ' ! hy "; and it luul the 
IICIMI M "f iMiiiL-tini; its own "6i/./w"nr town-laws, as New 
IJiL'limd IMUH-IHII, have tn-ihi). 
J. Fike, Aiuer. Pol. Ideas, p. 4ti. 
i .... 
Hence 2. A standing rule of a legislative 
body, a corporation, or a society, made for the 
regulation of its internal organization and con- 
duct, and distinguished from a provision of its 
constitution in being more particular and more 
readilv altered 
by-lead (bi led) . Same M i by-wash. 
by-legislation (bi'lej-is-la'shon), n. Legisla- 
tiou on subordinate or secondary matters; by- 
laws, or the making of by-laws. 
" ' 
, A reti^d pUce, spot, 
v action carried 
6 8 , 111 action proceeds ; action not intended 
be bserved ^ ^^ f ^ 
The Friendly Societies Act . . . gives power o 
lalwn, on specined matters, such as terms of admission, 
iidiiiiiiistnition, (jaforcement of rules, &c., all which has 
only to he certified by a Crown registrar. 
C n , emvv rnj Re,., XLIX. 231. 
bylevet. r. Same as bcleave. Chaucer. 
by-matter (bi'mafer), n. Something beside 
the principal matter ; something incidental. 
I knew one that, when he wrote a letter, would put 
that which was most material into the postscript, as if it 
vatrhid 
by-motive (bi mo'tiv), . 1. A pnvate, hid- 
den, or selfish motive. 
Will y,m allow me !< ask you, sir ' he sai.la.l.lr.-... 
^J^', wlSff totVHM* to 
J r JSS!55taSST! 
Q A .livftpsion . s, inethiii" -in-irt from the main 
A 
purpose. 
] B he using the alternative as a by-play in argument, 
without any consideration of its merit or possibility 
n., a h,,.it k- ,.,ri,-..,, 0,1,1 Tjiurn *w 
BuhnM, Forgiveness and Law, p. 32. 
by-plot (bi'plot), . A subsidiary plot in a 
play or novel. 
Tht . lllillor characters and bye.plot, too, giving the story 
of a religious scepticism. The Spectator, No. 3085, p. 1158. 
by-product (bi'prod'ukt), . A secondary or 
additional product ; something produced, as in 
^ com . ge ^ ^ egs or ma ^ acture ' in ad . 
^ . the ri ^ cipal prod uct or material: as, 
wood-tar is obtained as a by-product in the de- 
gtmctive distillation of wood for the manufac- 
!~i d ^ nf . a&T or , VOO( i sr .irit 
ture or wooa-vmegar or woo l-spmi. 
It ,, ,,,.....,., t ,. e cage that the bm nroduct , o( a com- 
tdm^ are foumft, . the X See of husS 
profits. Kncye. Brit., ix. TM. 
b y _ pur p O8e (bi' per 'pus), n. An indirect or 
concealed purpose or design. 
3yr am t . An obsolete spelling of Bairam. 
r'j' r o f .. rUffpront 
a^U^n's of [ "he Tand. tonStft'*, 
ori ^. a dwellin g AS . 6Sr a dwelling, == Icel. 
" 
a thirdsman. [The modem use of th 
}>yt. " ^ * ril ,' e - . 
*y*V [M E also &nm*, &m.tf, ftnm, etc 
earlier burne. < AS. by me. a corselet, a coat of 
OHO ' ^ ' ftn v MHG .'o. 6ri , ..... 
= IceL brynja = 8w.' ST. Dan. M . 
(j ot h. brunio; hence ML. frruwifl, frrwnm, Pr. 
fcro ' l/ '"' Ot " i ''"""-' 6ro ^*' etc ' : ^ 6fw ^"'- 
Of uncertain origin ; cf . OBulg. bronja, corselet ; 
I r - *"""") l)rea r s , t ;J &fne as brotgne. 
byrniedt, p. a. [ME. brunyed, brenyed, etc.; < 
fii/rnie + -erf 2 .] Armed with a corselet or coat 
o { moil 
, . . . . . 
I ftalle to hat^lle the hryn^c, of hremjeitt knyKhtefl 
Thyrtty thosaunde tw tale, thryftye in arniei. 
Morte Arthure(E. E. T. s.), I. 316. 
by-road (bi'rod), . 1. A side-road; a cross- 
road ; a road different from the usual or main 
highway. 2. A private or secret way ; a pri- 
vate means to an end: as, "slippery by-roads," 
Swift. 
Byronlc (bi-ron'ik), a. Possessing the charac- 
teristies of Byron, the poet, or of his poetry: 
as, a Byronic poem. 
La Coupe et Ics Levres (by Alfred de Mussel), a Bum..;.- 
P" em "' mauOe form. X. A. Rev., CJtXVlt. 2S3. 
' _ _:-{. 
ByTOIUSm (bi ron-izm), w. The charactenstics 
of Byron's thought, temper, poetic style, etc. 
by-room (bi'rom), . An adjoining room or 
apartment; a side room. 
Stand in some by-room. Shut., 1 Hen. IV., li. 4. 
byirhld (bir'id), n. A beetle of the family 
(bir'i-de), . ;,/.. [NL., < Byrrbu* + 
-iVte.] A family of clavicorn (,'oleopiera, typi- 
fi e d by the genus Byrrhus. 
bvnmb'nmr< MB ^ 
by-name (binam),n. [<Mh.6i/flie( 
binamo, MHO. biname, d. bcituime, a cognomen, 
nn.aln<.^ < fti/1 -I- ii/iiit/> 1 It A spoondarv 
surname), <. hy>- f name.] it- A s< 
name; an epithet. 
uiice, power, noblesse reverence and gladnesse 
"- VV " S ' "' ..... := 
a, p. 
. . , 
Field and gamer, bam and fryre, 
Are blazing through the ninht. 
whittier. At Port Royal, 
(bi're-porf), n. A side report or 
^ 
2 A nickname 
A personal (,/- give,, hiin on account onnssUture. 
Bp. howth, Lire of wykenam. 
3. A pseudonym ; a nom-de-plume. [Obsolete 
, 
by-namet (bi'nam), r. t. [< by-namr, .] To 
give a mckuame to. 
bynet,-. [<(*r. ..,-,. malt,] Malt. 
But when the cause It selfe must l decreed, 
Hlmselfe in person, in his proper Court, 
T< ' ye ^ g^ j^JP gg proce ^ d 
ol every proofe and every Sy-irport. 
Sir J. Davic,, Nosc-e Teipsum (,59). 
by-respectt(bi're-spekt'), . A consideration 
Jj S3a2S aside from the main one ; hence, a 
private end or purpose. 
... had ,me ^r*^, in the enacting of 
' 
alarmed, simulating death and presenting the 
MIUUMUI of < nill R nilula is a tvnical ex- 
appearance OI a pill. a. put 
ample. See cut under pill-beetle. 
byrsopid (ber'so-pid), n. A beetle of the fam- 
fly Bymoitidte. 
Byrsopid* (ber-sop'i-de) n ,. [NL., < Byr- 
*"P + -'] A family of rhynchophorou 
Icoptera, or beetles, with the elytra provided 
8 ' trQn fo , d ^ , he inuer f ^ ce F ^ dium 
divided tarsi setose eular marein ele- 
'" 
r'sops) , M. [< Or. Svpaa, a skin, hide 
, + V (-), face, eye.] A genus of 
weevils, typical of the family Byrsopidtr. 
Jjys, byset, . Obsolete fonns of Nee 
b et, bysidest. Obsolete fonns of 
i 
., ordinary, 
ordinary, ('t. by-common.] More than ordi- 
nary. [Scotch.] 
byou, H. [h. dial. ; origin obscure.] A quinsy. 
[North. Ellff. J 
byOUS (hr,,s),\, [Also written, improp., M . 
appar. < ><//'. /<r-/-., beyond, over and above, 
+ -os.] Extraordinary; remarkable: as, by- 
OH* weather. [Scotch.] 
byous (bi'us). ailr. [< bymtn, .] Extraordi- 
narily; uncommonly; very: as, byous hungry. 
..... , fc ;/I j,, 
byrlakln, niterj. A contraction of by our lady- 
fiw ; a diminutive of ftyr/orfy. 
jfi,. IT. -c>. Married ! To whom? 
Knit. To a French homl. bi/rlakin*, as I undcrstanil. 
-'." ..... Anything for a Quiet Life, ,v. , 
byrlaw (bir'la), . [Also written burlam, btr- 
,., /,,/-. in comp. even birley, barley, etc.: 
see fry-taw.] 1. A certain system of popular 
jurisprudence formerly prevailing in northern 
England and Scotland. It is described by sir John 
skfiie. writini! in l.vi,, when the system was In force, as 
What shadow 
war^ An incidental or cas- 
ual speech not directly relating to the point: 
ag ,<^ quote bu-s,>ceclies" Hoo! 
byspellt (bi'spel), n. [< ME. bi^el. a proverb, 
a parable, < AS. frfepcH, bigspell, a proverb. 
examp le), < W-, bv, + tpctl, a story: see spelft, 
and cf. </(Wi)e/.] A proverb. Coles, nil. Also 
d byfspcl. 
bysst r i [See buz* ] To buzz; hum. 
byssa'ceous (bi-sa'shius), a. [< L. as if *bys- 
* a 
. . . 
by-pass (bi pas), ii. An extra gas-pipe passing 
HOUnd a valve or gas-chamber, used to pre- 
v,nt a eomplete stppage of the flow of "gas 
sent, In the courts called the lt>irlau> coitr(. in the 
- 
cobwebs. 
, . 
eognition is taken of i-"in|.l:iint. s l.ctuixt nek-htlxir and byssal(bis'al) a. [< bi/ssus + -a/.] Of or per- 
neichtbor. The quhllk men so chosen as judges and arbi. * . . * . r," ._..;..,. n f mollusk- as. bvssal 
.I..-- * ^ '-resald, are commonly called B ;l , 
pipe lights the nmiu burners when the supply Is turned on. 
2- A district within which the system prevails, bysset, - X 
[North. bug.J > oywnts, i. 
A kind of fine cloth. 
