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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…

Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.

A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.

he third note of the relative minor scale of the same (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written (c) The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, abows that line to be middle C.…

l, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of work…

ulent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.

A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.

A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

The common gourd (plant or fruit).

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

s rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.

A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

f a certain kind; to denominate; to designate. What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Acts x. 15.

nity. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark. iv. 39. A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. South.

urface placed at the back or an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modifled; -- commonly called simply the camera.

A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. W. Irving.