BY-END


Meaning of BY-END in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : a subordinate end ; especially : a selfish motive

they are all for by-ends, the whole clan of them — R.L.Stevenson

2. : fragment , snatch

by-ends of old rhymes — J.B.Cabell

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.