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beways

beways is the alternative form of beway.

Meaning of beway

Conjunction

beway

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, US, dialectal) By way; because.
    • [...] an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an' play treeks, till collie gems at him; an' then beway o' makin friens again, hee'l Btreek an' pat him, [...]1832, the mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction

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Questions about beways

What is beways the alternative form of?
Beways is the alternative form of beway.

Words near beways in the dictionary

  1. bewaters
  2. bewave
  3. bewaves
  4. bewaving
  5. beway
  6. beways
  7. bewb
  8. bewbs
  9. BEWD
  10. bewdies
  11. Bewdley

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