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See Byssus, n., 1.

Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

Bearing a byssus or tuft.

See Byssus, n., 1.

Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

Byssaceous.

An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin.]

near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.

A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. " Take no byways." Herbert.

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

Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.

See Byzantine.

Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n.

A abyss. [Obs.]

r; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.] Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. Shak.

An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." Shak.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.