BYWORD
By"word`, n. Etym: [AS.bïword; bï, E.by+word.]
1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.
2. The object of a contemptuous saying. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. Ps. xliv. 14
BYWORK
By"work, n.
Defn: Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
BYZANT; BYZANTINE
Byz"ant, Byz"an*tine n.Etym: [OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL.
Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.)
Defn: A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See
Bezant.
BYZANTIAN
By*zan"tian, a.& n.
Defn: See Byzantine.
BYZANTINE
By*zan"tine, a.