By"-e*lec"tion (&?;), n. An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
By"-end` (&?;), n. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. [Written also bye- end.]
"Profit or some other by-end."
L'Estrange.
By"gone` (b"gn`; 115), a. Past; gone by. "Bygone fooleries." Shak.
By"gone` (&?;), n. Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson.
Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.
By"-in`ter*est (&?;), n. Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.