† by-slipn.
Obsolete.
1. A casual or trivial fault.
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence > slight
venialc1380
peccadilian1529
escape1576
peccadillo1591
peccadill1610
by-slip1612
peccadillie1660
1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares v. sig. K4 Might it not concurre with..your office..to winck a little at a byslip, or so?
2. transferred. A bastard. Cf. by-scape n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > illegitimate child
avetrolc1300
bastardc1330
misbegetc1330
whoresonc1330
horcop14..
get?a1513
misbegotten1546
misbegot1558
mamzer1562
base1571
bantling1593
by-blow1595
by-chopa1637
by-scape1646
by-slipa1670
illegitimate1673
stall-whimper1676
love brata1700
slink1702
child, son of shame1723
babe of love1728
adulterine1730
come-by-chance?1750
byspel1781
love-child1805
come-o'-will1815
chance-child1838
chance-bairn1863
side-slip1872
fly-blow1875
catch colt1901
illegit1913
outside child1930
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 37 As Pope Paul the third carried himself to his ungracious by-slips (an Incubus could not have begot worse).
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