Byzantine: Definition and part of speech

Byzantine

  1. n. A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

By-pass: Definition and part of speech

By-pass

  1. n. A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.