BYWORDS
Noun
bywords
plural of byword
Source: Wiktionary
BYWORD
By"word`, n. Etym: [AS.bĂŻword; bĂŻ, 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
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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