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byfalls

byfalls is the plural of byfall.

Meaning of byfall

Noun

byfall (plural byfalls)

  1. A falling about; an incidental accessory or accretion; a happenstance; occurrence; instance.
    • The ceremonies are as it were an income or a byfall.1575, Arthur Golding, Calvin on Psalms
  2. A fall of water, usually lesser in size, near to or beside a larger, more predominant waterfall.
    • There was the small byfall to which I have referred; there was the weir proper; there was a broadish lasher, the whole between them making a very fair description of tumbling bay, flanked by strong, individual streams.1888, William Senior, Near and far

Questions about byfalls

What is byfalls the plural of?
Byfalls is the plural of byfall.

Words near byfalls in the dictionary

  1. byestreets
  2. byewash
  3. byewashes
  4. BYF
  5. byfall
  6. byfalls
  7. byfellow
  8. byfellows
  9. Byfield
  10. Byfields
  11. Byfleet

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