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Traditional English :: by-
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By-3.html - prefix (also bye-) subordinate, incidental, secondary (by-effect; by-road). |
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Traditional English :: by-blow
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By-3.html - n.
1 a side-blow not at the main target.
2 an illegitimate child. |
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Traditional English :: by-election
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By-3.html - n.
the election of an MP in a single constituency to fill a vacancy arising during a government's term of office. |
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Traditional English :: by-form
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By-3.html - n.
a collateral form of a word etc. |
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Traditional English :: by-law
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By-3.html - n. (also bye-law) 1 Brit. a regulation made by a local authority or corporation. 2 a rule made by a company or society for its members. [ME prob. f. obs. byrlaw local custom (ON b°jar genitive sing. of b°r town, but assoc. with BY)] |
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Traditional English :: by-product
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By-3.html - n.
1 an incidental or secondary product made in the manufacture of something else.
2 a secondary result. |
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