Emily Dickinson Lexicon

by, adv. [see by, prep.]

1. Aside; apart; to the side; [fig.] there; in that place; in those circumstances.
2. Near; alongside; along the same way.
3. Onward; continuing forward; on its way.
4. Past; finished; done with.
5. Coming towards, then going away from.
6. Pass; travel through.
7. Left over; to the side.
8. Phrase. “Passer by”: person who walks along the same route; one who approaches and then goes on.
9. Phrase. “By and by”: in due time; in the course of events.