Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Extraordinary; remarkable: as, byous weather.
- Extraordinarily; uncommonly; very: as, byous hungry.
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Examples
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It 's no because its boughs are busk'd in any byous green,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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But gi'en, by coortesy like, he hed a word i 'the case, he cudna objec' -- that is, gien he hae onything o 'the gentleman left intil him, which nae doobt may weel be doobtfu' -- for wasna he a byous expense wi 'his drink an' the gran 'ootlandish dishes he bude to hae!
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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"That's as may be; gin I bena mista'en, there's a byous
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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"Weel, my lord an 'my leddy war sittin' i 'the muckle ha', for they cudna gang to their beds in sic a byous storm, whan him 'at was the chief o' them was ushered in by the seneschal, that's the steward, like, booin 'afore him, an' ca'in 'him the Prence, an' nae mair, for he cudna min 'the name o' 's place lang eneuch to say 't ower again.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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