Bye
Bye (bī) , noun
1.
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obsolete except in the phrase by the bye.]
The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England.
2.
(Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. — T. Hughes
3.
In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.
4.
(Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
Collocations (1)
By the bye , in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand.
Bye (bī) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon bȳ; compare Icelandic byge dwelling, byggja, būa, to dwell r97.]
1.
A dwelling. — Gibson
2.
In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. — Emerson