by and byadv.n.

/ˈbʌɪ ənd ˈbʌɪ/

/ˈbʌɪ ən ˈbʌɪ/

Etymology: originating apparently in the use of by prep. to denote succession (see by prep. 25).

A. adv.

†1. Of a succession of (persons or things): One by one, one after another, in order:

a. in place.

ΚΠ

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 304 Ffyrst sat the god of loue..And sithyn al the remenant by and by As they were of degre.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 6450 He slouh tuenti, þer hedes quyte & clene he laid þam bi & bi.

c1440 Partonope 1929 Wyth Rybyes and Saphires by and by.

c1485 in Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 4 The towres shal be of every [= ivory] Clene corvene by and by.

†b. in order or succession. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > in order, sequence, or succession [phrase]

a-row?c1225

by rowc1230

on (also upon) a rowc1300

by and by1330

in a rowc1330

on rowc1330

in routc1390

in successionc1449

by succession(s)?a1475

in sequencea1575

in (also by) progression1660

member by member1726

in file1744

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 73 Whan William..had taken homage of barons bi & bi.

c1330 Assump. Virg. (1866) 85 Vp ros oure swete ladi And kist þe apostles bi & bi.

c1400 Rom. Rose 4581 These were his wordis by and by [Fr. mot à mot].

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1911 I have gon þe stacyounes by and by.

†2. On and on, continuously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase]

night and dayeOE

day and nightOE

without(en) blina1300

morning, noon, and nightc1325

but stintc1330

by and byc1330

early and latec1330

without ceasec1330

without ceasinga1340

withouten hoc1374

without releasec1400

still opece1422

in a ranec1480

never ceasable?1518

without remorse1555

every foot (and anon)1561

round1652

year in and year out1819

twenty-four hours a day1914

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4826 Gij..souȝt þat maiden bi & bi: Op and doun he ȝede hir secheinde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15194 Folowes forþ þat ilk man al-way bi & by.

c1430 Syr Gener. 4836 The knightes..So thei bare hem by and by That the host without began to fleen.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 83 The Ivie bush the Oak claspes by and by.

†3. Of sequence of events: straightway, immediately, directly, at once. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark i. f. xliiij^v The fiver forsoke her by and by [Coverdale, immediatly].

1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. G.iiii^v Some counselled the Archebisshop to burne me by and by.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxiv. 200 Ill seedes..shewe not themselues by and by, but yet in processe of time they budde forth.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 9 The end is not by and by .

1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 390 They say he will be here by and by (even now).

4. [With the same development of sense as in anon, presently, and French bientôt] : Before long, presently, soon, shortly. (The usual current sense. See also bimeby adv.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

soonc900

shortlya1050

newenc1175

newlya1225

nunonc1225

newenlyc1275

fast byc1300

tomorrowa1382

brieflyc1460

anonc1475

soonlyc1475

of newa1500

suddenlya1500

by and by1526

soon1545

imminently1548

short1556

erelong1577

eminently1646

bimeby1722

directly1851

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKi Innocentius conselleth vs to say it, by and by.

1549 J. Olde tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Thess. ii. 15 To haue slayne the Prophetes before, and byanby Christ after the Prophetes.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 108 Inboweld will I see thee by and by, Til then in bloud by noble Percy lie.

1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse ii. 126 Restraining Grace may tye vs now, and by and by vnloose vs.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 132. ⁋4 Thee and I are to part by and by.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 106 Bym by, naiteral enough, there they go!

1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 93 You may by-and-by convert single flowers into double flowers.

1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 410/2 Byme-by he..gave up goin' to see the..girls.

†5. Of logical sequence: For that reason, therefore, as a consequence; = Latin continuo. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > for that reason or because of that or inasmuch as

in thatc1175

for as mickle asc1390

in as (also so) mickle (as)c1390

in that thatc1450

by (the) means (also mean) (that)1549

by and by1565

in regard1600

in that (also this) view1688

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus If he did speake foolishly, will you by and by doe more foolishly?

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 263 b As though y^t whatsoever were unlike unto Ciceroes phrase, were by & by barbarous.

1621–31 W. Laud Seven Serm. (1847) 96 All ‘heats’ are not by and by a furnace.

B. n.

a. Procrastination.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 95 Neuer giue credite..to the by and by of England, nor to the warrant you of Scotland.

1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 120 Negligences (the French call them by and by's).

1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 1. 3 Husbanding up wise resolutions to be executed by and by. This by-and-by is a sort of phantom which seduces us on till we drop into old age.

1869 Daily News 4 Feb. By the road of Bye-and-bye one arrives at the town of Never.

b. Time coming.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun]

to-comec1350

the futurec1400

hereafter1546

tocoming1556

aftertime1557

after age1560

after hours1599

futuritya1616

afterwards1669

to-be1819

coming1833

by and by1868

hence1904

1868 S. F. Bennett in J. P. Webster Signet Ring 91 In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

2. The name by which cannon were known to some African peoples.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun]

gun1339

enginec1380

great gunc1430

ordnancec1450

cannona1460

piece1512

spitfire1611

tube1763

barker1815

by and by1857

big gun1886

centre-fire1889

1857 J. Shooter Kafirs of Natal 112 They believe that the fearful by-and-bye eats up everything.

1893 B. Mitford Gun-runner xxiv We laugh at their baï-nbaï. What are guns, big or small, against the broad shields and devouring spears of the ever-conquering Amazulu?

1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland x. 234 They used to call common shells ‘by-and-byes’, because they could see the smoke, and by and by a shell would explode in their midst.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	by and by
释义	by and byadv.n. /ˈbʌɪ ənd ˈbʌɪ//ˈbʌɪ ən ˈbʌɪ/ Etymology: originating apparently in the use of by prep. to denote succession (see by prep. 25). A. adv. †1. Of a succession of (persons or things): One by one, one after another, in order: a. in place. ΚΠ c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 304 Ffyrst sat the god of loue..And sithyn al the remenant by and by As they were of degre. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 6450 He slouh tuenti, þer hedes quyte & clene he laid þam bi & bi. c1440 Partonope 1929 Wyth Rybyes and Saphires by and by. c1485 in Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 4 The towres shal be of every [= ivory] Clene corvene by and by. †b. in order or succession. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > in order, sequence, or succession [phrase] a-row?c1225 by rowc1230 on (also upon) a rowc1300 by and by1330 in a rowc1330 on rowc1330 in routc1390 in successionc1449 by succession(s)?a1475 in sequencea1575 in (also by) progression1660 member by member1726 in file1744 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 73 Whan William..had taken homage of barons bi & bi. c1330 Assump. Virg. (1866) 85 Vp ros oure swete ladi And kist þe apostles bi & bi. c1400 Rom. Rose 4581 These were his wordis by and by [Fr. mot à mot]. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1911 I have gon þe stacyounes by and by. †2. On and on, continuously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase] night and dayeOE day and nightOE without(en) blina1300 morning, noon, and nightc1325 but stintc1330 by and byc1330 early and latec1330 without ceasec1330 without ceasinga1340 withouten hoc1374 without releasec1400 still opece1422 in a ranec1480 never ceasable?1518 without remorse1555 every foot (and anon)1561 round1652 year in and year out1819 twenty-four hours a day1914 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4826 Gij..souȝt þat maiden bi & bi: Op and doun he ȝede hir secheinde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15194 Folowes forþ þat ilk man al-way bi & by. c1430 Syr Gener. 4836 The knightes..So thei bare hem by and by That the host without began to fleen. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 83 The Ivie bush the Oak claspes by and by. †3. Of sequence of events: straightway, immediately, directly, at once. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark i. f. xliiij^v The fiver forsoke her by and by [Coverdale, immediatly]. 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. G.iiii^v Some counselled the Archebisshop to burne me by and by. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxiv. 200 Ill seedes..shewe not themselues by and by, but yet in processe of time they budde forth. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 9 The end is not by and by . View more context for this quotation 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 390 They say he will be here by and by (even now). 4. [With the same development of sense as in anon, presently, and French bientôt] : Before long, presently, soon, shortly. (The usual current sense. See also bimeby adv.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future ratheeOE rathelyeOE soonc900 shortlya1050 newenc1175 newlya1225 nunonc1225 newenlyc1275 fast byc1300 tomorrowa1382 brieflyc1460 anonc1475 soonlyc1475 of newa1500 suddenlya1500 by and by1526 soon1545 imminently1548 short1556 erelong1577 eminently1646 bimeby1722 directly1851 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKi Innocentius conselleth vs to say it, by and by. 1549 J. Olde tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Thess. ii. 15 To haue slayne the Prophetes before, and byanby Christ after the Prophetes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 108 Inboweld will I see thee by and by, Til then in bloud by noble Percy lie. 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse ii. 126 Restraining Grace may tye vs now, and by and by vnloose vs. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 132. ⁋4 Thee and I are to part by and by. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 106 Bym by, naiteral enough, there they go! 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 93 You may by-and-by convert single flowers into double flowers. 1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 410/2 Byme-by he..gave up goin' to see the..girls. †5. Of logical sequence: For that reason, therefore, as a consequence; = Latin continuo. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > for that reason or because of that or inasmuch as in thatc1175 for as mickle asc1390 in as (also so) mickle (as)c1390 in that thatc1450 by (the) means (also mean) (that)1549 by and by1565 in regard1600 in that (also this) view1688 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus If he did speake foolishly, will you by and by doe more foolishly? 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 263 b As though y^t whatsoever were unlike unto Ciceroes phrase, were by & by barbarous. 1621–31 W. Laud Seven Serm. (1847) 96 All ‘heats’ are not by and by a furnace. B. n. 1. a. Procrastination. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 95 Neuer giue credite..to the by and by of England, nor to the warrant you of Scotland. 1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 120 Negligences (the French call them by and by's). 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 1. 3 Husbanding up wise resolutions to be executed by and by. This by-and-by is a sort of phantom which seduces us on till we drop into old age. 1869 Daily News 4 Feb. By the road of Bye-and-bye one arrives at the town of Never. b. Time coming. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] to-comec1350 the futurec1400 hereafter1546 tocoming1556 aftertime1557 after age1560 after hours1599 futuritya1616 afterwards1669 to-be1819 coming1833 by and by1868 hence1904 1868 S. F. Bennett in J. P. Webster Signet Ring 91 In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore. 2. The name by which cannon were known to some African peoples. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] gun1339 enginec1380 great gunc1430 ordnancec1450 cannona1460 piece1512 spitfire1611 tube1763 barker1815 by and by1857 big gun1886 centre-fire1889 1857 J. Shooter Kafirs of Natal 112 They believe that the fearful by-and-bye eats up everything. 1893 B. Mitford Gun-runner xxiv We laugh at their baï-nbaï. What are guns, big or small, against the broad shields and devouring spears of the ever-conquering Amazulu? 1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland x. 234 They used to call common shells ‘by-and-byes’, because they could see the smoke, and by and by a shell would explode in their midst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.1330
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