by purpose (biper" pus)

An indirect or concealed purpose or design. Byramt, n. An obsolete spelling of Bairam. byre (bir), n. [Sc., one of the many different applications of the Scand. form of E. bower1, orig. a dwelling, AS. bur, a dwelling, = Icel. būr, a pantry, = Sw. bur, a cage, Sw. dial. bur, a house, cottage, pantry, granary, = Dan. bur, a cage: see bower1, and cf. bow5.] A cow-house. Adjoining the house [of a Men no nite] are the stable and byre, which would not disgrace a model farm in Germany D. M. Wallace, Ru ia, p. 372. or England. Field and garner, barn and byre, Are blazing through the night. Whittier , At Port Royal. Suffisaunce, power, noble e, reverence and gladne e by-report (bi'rē-port"), n. A side report or ben only dyverse bynames , but hir substance hath no di- Chaucer , Boëthius, iii., prose 9. versite. 2. A nickname. A personal by - name given him on account of his stature. Bp. Lowth, Life of Wykeham. 3. A pseudonym; a nom-de-plume. [Obsolete and Scotch.] statement. But when the cause it selfe must be decreed, Himselfe in person, in his proper Court, To grave and solemne hearing doth proceed, Of every proofe and every by - report . Sir J. Davies , Nosce Teipsum (1599). IMG:content-2835.png:[blocks in formation] [Scotch.] IMG:content-2836.png:[blocks in formation] See byrnie .