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by-place|ˈbaɪpleɪs|
[f. by- 3 a + place.]
A place situated aside, an out-of-the-way spot; an odd corner; also fig.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Lieux destournez, by⁓places. 1603Drayton Bar. Wars iv, Till in the castle, in an odd by-place, It casts the foul mask from its dusky face. 1685Boyle Salubr. Air Pref. 5, I found it laid in a by⁓place. 1714T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1765) 256 She liued at a Farm called Whites, a By-place in the Parish of Beconsfield. 1835Hawthorne Tales & Sk., O. Woman's T., Traditions lurking in the corners and by-places of my mind. |