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   Bye (bī), 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.]
   
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   The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. Fuller.
   
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   2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, “to steal a bye”.  T. Hughes.
   
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   3. 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”.
   
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   4.  (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
   
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   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 (bī) n. [AS. bȳ; cf. Icel. bygð dwelling, byggja, būa, to dwell √97.]
   1. A dwelling.  Gibson.
   
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   2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.  Emerson.
   
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