by-walkn.
/ˈbʌɪwɔːk/ A private or sequestered walk; a by-path. literal and figurative.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground > sequestered
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1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Cviiiv Let vs not take ani by walkes, but let gods word directe vs.
1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iii. iii Have I found you in your by-walks?
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. Observ. 292 There should be by-walks to retire into sometimes for our ease.
1852 L. Smith Eng. & Fr. Dict. By-walk, promenade écartée.
Derivatives
ˈby-walker n. one who frequents by-paths, one who strays from the highway or right way; literal and figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant person > [noun]
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray > one who goes astray
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1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Liiij Absalon Dauyds sonne was a bywalker.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vi. 101 S. Paul noteth other bywalkers.
ˈby-walking n.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [noun]
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray
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1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Fi Excytinge my audyence to beware of bywalkynges.
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