Bye (bI), n.
1.
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.]
The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England.
Fuller.
2. (Cricket)
A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. T. Hughes.
By the bye, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also by the by.]
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Bye (bI) n. [AS. b&ymacr;; cf. Icel. bygð dwelling, byggja, bUa, to dwell √97.]
1.
A dwelling. Gibson.
2.
In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.
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Bye, n.
1.
In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.
2. (Golf)
The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
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