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Webster 1913 Edition
Bye
Bye
(bī)
, Noun.
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.
4.
(Golf)
The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
By the bye
, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand.
[Written also
by the by
.]Bye
(bī)
Noun.
[AS.
bȳ
; cf. Icel. bygð
dwelling, byggja
, būa
, to dwell √97.] 1.
A dwelling.
Gibson.
2.
In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bye
BYE
,Noun.