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bypath, by-path|ˈbaɪpɑːθ, -æ-|
Also 4–5 bi path(e, 4–6 bypathe, 8 bye path.
[f. by- 3 b + path.]
A side path, as opposed to the highroad; a private, retired, or unfrequented path.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 1706 Tho swifte stedis thre, Which that drawyn forth the Sunnis chare, Hath go some bi path in despite of me, That makith hit so sone day to be. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 12 Brune..cam in a derke wode..were as reynard had a bypath whan he was hunted. a1520Myrr. Our Ladye 140 There ys a dyfference bytwyxte an hyghe waye and a bypathe. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 70 The Travellers have been made..to walk thorough by-Paths. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 70 Nouronihar..coming to the turn of a little bye path, stopped. 1814Scott Wav. lx, By following by-paths, known to the young farmer, they hoped to escape.
b. fig. (Formerly often in a bad sense.)
c1400Test. Love i. (1560) 275/2 The bypathes to heaven. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle i. xiii. (1859) 10 Bypathes of synne and al vnthryftynes. 1528More Heresyes ii. Wks. 202/2 Such euil persons as..led his flocke out of the right way in a bypath to helward. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. v. 185 By what by-pathes, and indirect crook'd-wayes I met this Crowne. 1779Johnson Butler Wks. II. 188 The bye-paths of literature. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. 142 Shining on the bypaths of history like a rare rich flower.
Hence † ˈbypathed ppl. a.
1641J. Johnson Acad. of Love 3, I found a by-pathed gate, which led me into Loves pleasant garden. |