- a variation of by-path.
bypath
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Their special bypath of curing disease by actual might & main is, they feel, on the upgrade.
From Time Magazine Archive
She read on, following the commentary through the mazy paths it led her on, until she came to: Keeping still is the mountain; it is a bypath; it means little stones, doors, and openings.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Then Will got down, and running across a bypath got again in front of the farmers and hung himself up as before on a tree by the side of the road.
From Europa's Fairy Book by Batten, John Dickson
A soft, squealing sound fell on the air, and the next instant the figure had vanished down a bypath.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
After that she took a bypath leading downhill in the direction of that poisonous little brook which runs through those meadows after passing the tannery.
From The Monk of Hambleton by Livingston, Armstrong
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