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   Bye , n.
   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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   (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
   T. Hughes.
   
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   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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   (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.]
   A dwelling.
   Gibson.
   
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   In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
   Emerson.
   
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