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    Bye , 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  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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