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By pass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
An exclamation of surprise used by Ruurians.
By the neck is Scottish and Irish slang for a bottle of beer served unpoured.
By the way, in passing.
By the cringe is a British slang exclamation.
By a jugful is American slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
In the dark, predicting the intentions of another vessel by interpreting his navigation lights.
By chalks is Australian slang for by a long way.
By a street is slang for by a long way.
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
A slang term used meaning boy, buddy...ie: "How's she goin' by'...this is used by people in Nova Scotia (esp. Cape Breton), Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.
Slow complicated operation whereby one train passes another on a single-track railroad when the other is on a siding too short to hold the entire train. Saw by is applied to any move through switches or through connecting switches that is necessitated by one train passing another
Lay by is Australian slang for to reserve an item in a shop by putting a deposit on it.
Touched by the moon is London Cockney rhyming slang for a lunatic (loon).
By is slang for in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned.
By right, by strict justice, entitled. "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States."
to impress ‘This doesn’t really grab me by the balls.’
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v. t.
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
a.
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
v. t.
To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
pref.
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
n.
Private end or view; by-interest.
n.
A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
v. i.
See Thee.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
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With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
adv.
Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
n.
A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
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Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
n.
One who goes by; a passer.
a.
Past; gone by.
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In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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