单词 | byway |
释义 | bywayn. 1. A way other than the highway; a side road; a secluded, private, obscure, or unfrequented way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > by-way (not main route) by-gatec1330 byway1330 outwaya1382 sidewayc1450 back-way1577 diverticle1582 diverticulum1647 by-route1855 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 10145 (Rolls Ser.) By a bywey [v.r. bigate] to Totenes lay, Cador & hyse toke þat way. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxii. 65 Ðat kennyd þame a by way. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7 That path he kept, which beaten was most plaine, Ne euer would to any byway bend. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges v. 6 In the dayes of Iael..the traueilers walked thorow by-wayes . View more context for this quotation 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxvi. 122 High-ways, Cross-ways, and By-ways. 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry xi. 239 Totally unacquainted with the by-ways of the forest. 2. transferred or figurative; often depreciatively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [noun] > breast as repository of secrets > inner by-way byway1493 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > incorrect manner or procedure wrongc1440 the (or a) wrong way1490 byway1493 the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] > intellectual range > by-way byway1697 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) viii. sig. Biv/1 Suche a man comyth lightly in to a byewaye, & for many errours he slideth ful folyly. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lvii. C He turneth him self, and foloweth ye bywaye of his owne hert. 1697 J. Addison Ess. Georgics in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶4v A Precept, that enters [the Understanding] as it were through a By-way. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 297 Children drawn into the world through this by-way are looked upon as a burden. 1844 D. W. Jerrold Chron. Clovernook in Illuminated Mag. 2 266/2 The by-ways and short-cuts to wealth. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 315 A friend, learned in all the by-ways..of Italian literature. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 84 Undisputed Titles need not..by-way stratagems to ensure their Negotiations. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5910/4 All Bye-Way and Cross-Road Letters are to be paid for. 4. adverbial genitive (cf. crossways adv.) or ? plural cognate object: with quot. 1725 cf. by adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adverb] > by unfrequented route byway1549 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb] > in the wrong way or into error unrightOE willa1300 astray1535 awkwardlyc1540 byway1549 seducedly1642 deviously1842 wrongways1922 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Bii The Iewes..take vpon them to breke lawes & to go by wayes. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 410 Marching by-ways..they likewise passed over the Thames. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 151 Carrying them By-ways, and Unfrequented. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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