ˈby-view ? Obs.
Also 8 bye-.
[f. by- 2 b, 3 c, d + view n.]
a. A side glance, or glimpse; a look directed to an object not immediately before the eye. b. A private, unavowed, or self-interested aim; cf. by-end.
| a 1731 Atterbury (J.) No by views of his own shall mislead him. 1753 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 30 (1756) I. 193 Every Reader of Taste must have been greatly delighted with these Bye-views. |