Definitions for the word, by

(a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.

(adv.) Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.

(adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.

(adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

(pref.) Against.

(pref.) In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.

(pref.) Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.

(pref.) On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.

(pref.) Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.

(pref.) With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.


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Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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