Definition of by

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By (pref.) Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church..

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Sunup :: Sun-struck (a.) Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers..
Scratchy :: Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
Sign :: Sign (n.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient..
Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..
Surbate :: Surbate (v. t.) To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel..
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Kibe :: Kibe (n.) A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain.
Disaster :: Disaster (v. t.) To blast by the influence of a baleful star.
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Ternate :: Ternate (a.) Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers..
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster..
Catlinite :: Catlinite (n.) A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes..
Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..
Coincident :: Coincident (a.) Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Alethoscope :: Alethoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue..
Fumigatory :: Fumigatory (a.) Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
Foyer :: Foyer (n.) A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made..
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