buzzy (buzi)

[ byl (bi), prep. and adv. [ Go to your rest, and I'll sit by you. Fletcher , Sea Voyage, iv. 2. They punish rigorously them that rob by the high way. Milton , Hist. Eng., iii. A good poet can no more be without a stock of similes by him, than a shoemaker without his lasts. Swift , To a Young Poet. He himself has not the monies by him, but is forced to sell stock at a great lo . Sheridan , School for Scandal, iii. 1. 2. Near, or up to and beyond, with reference to motion; past: as, to move or go by a church. Thou hast pa 'd by the ambush of young days, Either not a ail'd, or victor being charged. Shak., Sonnets, lxx. IMG:content-2823.png:[blocks in formation] 741 By the margin, willow-veil'd, Slide the heavy barges. Tennyson, Lady of Shalott, i. 4. On; upon; especially, through or on as a means of conveyance: as, he journeyed both by water and by rail. I would have fought by land, where I was stronger. Dryden, All for Love, ii. 1. 5. Through. (a) Through the action or operation of, of, as the immediate agent or the producing or instigating cause: as, the empire founded by by Napoleon; a novel written by Cooper; the victories gained by Nelson; a picture painted by Rubens. [In this use especially after pa ive verbs or participles, the participle being often omitted: as, a novel by Cooper; a picture by Rubens.] All things were made by him. John i. 3. Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. (b) With the perception of, as the subject or recipient of the action or feeling: as, he died regretted by all who knew him; this was felt by them to be an intentional slight. (c) Through the means or agency of, as the intermediate agent or instrument: as, the city was destroyed by fire. There perished not many by the swoorde, but all by the Spenser, State of extremitye of famine which they themselves had wrought. Noble Mel anti us, the land by me Welcomes thy virtues home to Rhodes. Beau . and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, i. 1. All our miserie and trouble hath bin either by a King or by our nece ary vindication and defence against him. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, x. Muley Abul Ha an saw by the fires blazing on the mountains that the country was rising. Irving, Granada, p. 77. (d) Through the use of; with the aid of, as means: as, to take by force; by your leave. He called his brothers by name, and their replies gave comfort to his heart. Irving , Granada, p. 95. IMG:content-2824.png:[blocks in formation] 6. In adjuration: Before; in the presence of; with the witne of; with regard to things, in view of, in consideration of: followed by the name of the being or thing appealed to as sanction: as, I appeal to you by all that is sacred. The common oath of the Scythians was by the swoord, and by the fire. Spenser, State of Ireland. Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool. Mat. v. 34, 35. By Pan I swear, beloved Perigot, And by yon moon, I think thou lov'st me not. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , iii. 1. 7. According to; by direction, authority, example, or evidence of: as, this appears by his own account; it is ten o'clock by my watch; these are good rules to live by. They live by your base words. Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 4. First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard. Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 69. 8. In the measure or quantity of; in the terms of: as, to sell cloth by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen, beef by the pound; to board by the week. Two you sand ducats by the year. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 9. In comparison: To the extent of: noting mensuration or the measure or ratio of exce or inferiority: as, larger by a half; older by five years; to le en by a third. Be als mekil als the forseide lyght, to the worchep of god an holy Chirche, lestyngliche in tyme comyng, with-outen help of mennys deuocion ne may not be meyntened and kept. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 45. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. by Then rose the King and moved his host by night. Tennyson , Pa ing of Arthur. 12. At (a terminal point of time); not later than; as early as: as, by this time the sun had risen; he will be here by two o'clock. By the mor we. Chaucer , Prol. to Manciple's Tale, 1. 16. But by that they were got within sight of them, the women were in a very great scuffle. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 247. The cholera will have killed by the end of the year about one person in every you sand. Sydney Smith , To the Counte Grey. 13. At a time; each separately or singly: as, one by one; two by two; piece by piece. Point by point, argument by argument. Hooker , Eccles. Pol., Pref. 14. With reference to; in relation to; about; concerning; with: formerly especially after say, speak, etc., now chiefly after do, act, deal, etc. And so I sey by the that sekest after the whyes, And are so ned est resoun. Piers Plowman (B), xii. 217. I sey not this by wyves that ben wise. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 229. Thus prophecy says by me. Towneley Mysteries , p. 212. They secretly made enquiry where I had liued before, what my wordes and behauiour had beene while I was there, but they coulde finde nothing by me. Webbe, Travels, p. 31. Foxe. Thou hast spoken evil words by the queen. To do by scripture and the gospel according to conscience is not to do evil. Milton , Civil Power. In his behaviour to me, he hath dealt hardly by a relation. Fielding. 15. Besides; over and above; beyond. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] This ship was of so great stature, and took so much timber, that, except Falkland, she wasted all the woods in Fife, which was oak-wood, by all timber that was gotten out of Norroway. Pit scottie , Chron. of Scotland, an. 1511. By book, by the book. See book. - By north, south, east, west ( naut.), next in the direction stated: phrases used in designating the points of the compa : as, northeast by north (between N. E. and N. N. E.). See compa . - By one's self or itself. (a) Apart; separated from others; alone. When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey. Add is on, Thoughts in Westminster Abbey. As a child will long for his companions, but among them plays by himself. Emerson, Clubs. (b) Without aid; by individual action exclusively: as, I did it all by myself. [Colloq.] By the board. See board. By the by. See byl, n. By the head ( naut.), the state a ve el so loaded as to draw more forward than aft: opposite to by the stern. - By the lee, said of a ship when the wind takes the sails on the wrong side. Shoote him through and through with a jest; make him lye by the lee, thou Basilisco of witte. Marston, What You Will, ii. 1. By the stern ( naut.), with greater draft aft than forward. By the way. (a) On the road; in the course of a journey: as, they fell out by the way. (b) Incidentally; in the course of one's remarks: hence used as an interjectional phrase introducing an incidental remark: as, by the way, have you received that letter yet? [Colloq.] Their actions are worthy not thus to be spoken of by the way. Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. By the wind ( naut.), as near to the proper course as the wind will permit; close-hauled. By way of. (a) As an example or instance of. (6) On the point of; just about to: as, when I saw him he was by way of going to Brighton. [Colloq., Eng.] (c) Through: as, we came by way of Boston. To set store by. See store. II. adv . [The adverbial use is not found in AS., and is rare in ME.] 1. Near; in the same place with; at hand: often (before the verb always) qualified by a more definite adverb: as, near by ; close by ; hard by . IMG:content-2825.png:[blocks in formation] Let them lay by their helmets and their spears. Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. Be no more Christians, put religion by , 'Twill make ye cowards. Fletcher, The Pilgrim, ii. 2. 3. Of motion: Acro in front or alongside and beyond: as, the carriage went by . By your leave, my masters there, pray you let's come by . B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. Pray you, walk by , and say nothing. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, ii. 4. Dauid by hus daies dobbede knyztes. Piers Plowman (C), ii. 102. Old men yn prouerbe sayde by old tyme "A chyld were beter to be vnbore Than to be vntaught, and so be lore." The moon among the clouds rode high, And all the city hum was by. Scott , Marmion, v. 20. [For by in composition, see by -3.] By and by. (at) A repetition of by, near, close by: used especially in reference to a regular series, one after an IMG:content-2826.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2827.png:[blocks in formation] If thou forsake not these unprofitable by - courses . B. Jonson, Poetaster, i. 1. byart, n. See byre . byard (bi'ärd), n. [Appar. a variant form and use of bayard2 , q. v.] A band of leather cro - ing the breast, used by men for dragging wag- ons in coal-mines. byast. See bias . byats (bī'ats), n. pl . Same as buntons. by-ball (bībal), n. In cricket , same as byl , 3. by-bidder (bi'bider), n. A person employed at public auctions to bid on articles put up for sale, in order that the seller may obtain higher IMG:content-2828.png:[blocks in formation] by -3. In sporting use commonly spelled bye .] 21. An illegitimate child. [Colloq. or vulgar.] 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something not the immediate object of regard: as, by the IMG:content-2829.png:[blocks in formation] by-busine (bi'biznes), n. Busine aside from the main busine ; something quite sec- ondary or subordinate. Barrow . by-by (bi'bī ́), bībī'), interj . [Also written bye - bye ; a childish or humorous variation of good - by , q. v.] Good-by: a childish form of farewell, sometimes used humorously by grown people. Well, you are going to be in a pa ion, I see, and I shall only interrupt you-so, bye - bye . Sheridan, School for Scandal, iii. 1. bycauset, conj . An obsolete form of because . by-cause (bī'kâz), n. [ by -3+ cause .] A sec- ondary cause. It would beget was one cause (a by - cause ) why the purse was Me such a main authority on the bye, B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, iii. 1. And do yourself no disrepute at all. B. Jonson , Magnet ick Lady, i. 1. bycet, n. An obsolete form of bice . Speak modestly in mentioning my services; And if aught fall out in the by , that must Of mere nece ity touch any act Of my deserving praises, blush when you talk on 't. Beau, and Fl ., Laws of Candy, iii. 2. The Synod of Dort condemn eth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. Quoted in Fuller's Church Hist., X. v. 1. To steal a by, in cricket , to make a run on a ball which has not been batted, but which the wicket-keeper has failed to stop. IMG:content-2830.png:[blocks in formation] byckornet, n. An obsolete form of bickern . bycockett (bi'kok-et), n. [Also variously written abocock , abococked , abococket , a bocked , abocket , and aba- cot, corrupted forms due to misreading or misprinting of by cocket , bycoket . bicoquet , a by cocket, a kind of сар (cf. " biquoquet , the beak of a la- dies mourning hood" Cot- grave), prob. bi- (L. bis ), dou- ble, + coque (> E. cock ), a shell, By cocket of the 15th century. (From Viollet- See byl . See by2 . See by3 . To have other by - ends in good actions sours laudable performances. Sir T. Browne , Christ. Mor., i. 10. All persons that worship for fear, profit, or some other by - end , fall within the intendment of this fable. Sir R. L'Estrange. 2. An incidental or subsidiary aim or object. Pamphleteer or journalist reading for an argument for a party, or reading to write, or, at all events, for some by- end imposed on them, must read meanly and fragmen- tarily. Emerson, Universities. byert, byert, n. An obsolete form of byre . by-fellow (bi'fel"ō), n. In English universities, a name given to one who has been elected to a by-fellowship; a fellow out of the regular course. In some colleges a by-fellow, even when over age, can be elected to a regular fellowship when a vacancy IMG:content-2831.png:[graphic][merged small] a boat. The al- lusion is to the shape.] A kind of hat worn during the four- teenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, prob- ably by noble and wealthy persons only. It was of the form called by heralds cap of maintenance , that is, with the brim turned up either before or behind, and with a long point or beak, or two such points, opposite. Modern representations generally give it with the point or points behind; but the more common form in the mid- dle ages seems to have had the point in front, as in the bykert, v. and n. An obsolete form of bicker1 . by-common (bi-kom'on), a. [ byl , prep ., bebylandt, n. [ byl + land .] A peninsula. Also yond, + common . Cf. by- ordinary .] More than spelled biland . by-concernment (bi'kon-sernment), n. subordinate or subsidiary affair. Dryden . by cornet, n. An obsolete form of bickern . Set rakes, crookes, adses, and bycornes, Abp . Trench , Deficiencies in Eng, Dicts., p. And double bited axes for thees thornes. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. bylander, n. See bilander . The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary 743 by-pa (bī'pas), v. t. [ I next by - pa ed the outlet valve with a one inch pipe. Sci . Amer . Supp ., XXII. 9099. by-past (bi'past), a . Past; gone by: as, " by- past perils," Shak . , Lover's Complaint, 1. 158. by-path (bi'path), n. A byway; a private " Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 4. by e The existence in any district or parish of the birelaw is an incontestable proof of Danish occupation. The parishes of Sheffield, Ecclesfield, Brad field, and Rother ham were and are divided into birelaws , but it is to be remarked that these divisions are not to be found on the Derby shire side of the Sheaf. N. and Q., 7th ser., II. 382. 3. A parish meeting. [Prov. Eng. (Yorkshire).] byrlaw-court (bir'la-kort), n. [Also written birley-, barley - court; byr, bær, or bær (= Norw. bo = Sw. Dan. by = AS. by: see by2 ), a town, + lög = Norw. log = Sw. lag = Dan. lov, law: see by2, n., and law1.] 1t. A local law; a law made by a municipality or by a rural community for the regulation of affairs within its authority; an ordinance. In the shires where the Danes acquired a firm foothold, the township was often called a "by"; and it had the power of enacting its own " by - laws " or town-laws, as New England townships have to-day. J. Fiske , Amer. Pol. Ideas, p. 46. Hence-2. A standing rule of a legislative body, a corporation, or a society, made for the regulation of its internal organization and conduct, and distinguished from a provision of its constitution in being more particular ticular and more readily altered.