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† ˈby-ground Obs.
[f. by- 3 a, 5 + ground.]
a. A piece of ground lying out of the way.
b. fig. A secondary ground or cause.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 499 Augustine esteemed it but of custome, and other by-grounds, that in one Church there should bee but one onely Bishop. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xvi. 96 Many remnants [of causeways] remaine, especially in pastures, or by-grounds out of the rode way. |