Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A private or retired passage; a byway.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
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Examples
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A properly fitted cannula (i.e. one not larger than half the area of cross section of the trachea) permits the by-passage of plenty of air.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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