What does "bye" mean?

Bye: (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. T. Hughes. By the bye, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also by the by.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.A dwelling. Gibson.
  2. 3.In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.

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