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by-walk|ˈbaɪwɔːk|
Also 6 biwalk.
[f. by- 3 b + walk n.]
A private or sequestered walk; a by-path. lit. and fig.
1549Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI, i. (Arb.) 36 Let vs not take any biwalkes, but let gods word directe vs. 1672Wycherley Love in Wood iii. iii, Have I found you in your by-walks? 1725Pope Odyss. xiii. 510 note, There should be by-walks to retire into sometimes for our ease. 1852Smith Eng. & Fr. Dict., By-walk, promenade écartée.
So ˈby-walker, one who frequents by-paths, one who strays from the highway or right way; lit. and fig.; also ˈby-walking vbl. n.
1549Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI, iii. (Arb.) 78 Excytinge my audience to beware of by-walkynges. Ibid. iv. 112 Absalon David's son was a bywalker. 1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 118 St. Paul noteth other by-walkers. |