by-time
(ˈbaɪtaɪm)
Also 9 bye-.
[f. by- 4 + time.]
Time not occupied by one's main work or pursuits; spare time, odd hours.
| 1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. Pref. (1823) 3 To spend some by-time for my recreation in searching out their [bees'] nature. 1775 Johnson Lett. I. cxxiv. 267, I, therefore, step over at by-times, and of by-times I have enough. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. v, In bye-times, as on this holiday. |