Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BY'-WORD
BY'-WIPEBYZ'ANT, or BYZ'AN-TINE
BY'-WORD, n. [Sax. bi, or big, and word, as in bigcwid, and bigspell. Either a passing word, or a town-saying.]
A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. – Bacon.
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