by-channeln.
/ˈbʌɪˌtʃanəl/ A side-stream apart from the main channel; figurative a collateral branch (of a family).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > stock, race, or family > [noun] > branch > collateral branch
by-channel1628
offshoot1710
offset1711
lateral branch1869
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] > side-stream or backwater
wash1530
by-river1577
by-stream1615
float1629
slew1708
by-rilla1711
marigot1759
off-stream1793
slougha1817
spreader1845
backwater1863
by-water1863
by-channel1864
billabong1865
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. lii. sig. I9 Not a by-Channell or bastard escapes him.
1864 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons (ed. 2) Pref. p. vi The network of by-channels and lakes, which everywhere accompanies its [sc. the Amazon's] course.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1628- to come for horse and harness
- to come forth
- to come forth with
- to come forward
- to come forwards
- to come from behind
- to come from the shoulder
- to come full circle
- to come get a cropper
- to come go all unnecessary
- to come good
- to come good for
- to come good speed
- to come halfway
- to come hat in hand to
- to come home by unhappiness
- to come home by weeping cross
- to come home to
- to come home to oneself
- to come home to roost
- to come home with the milk
- to come in
- to come in a person's will
- to come in at
- to come in at the window