Beway
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech conjunction
Quick meaning: Beway is a conjunction meaning (dialectal, Ireland, Scotland, US) By way; because.
Meaning
(dialectal, Ireland, Scotland, US) By way; because.
More Meanings
- (rare, India) Movement; sway; influence.
- (rare, India) Movement away; loss.
Example Sentences
Wan was in front, beway he was the ginral, walkin' wid his chin up, proud as a paycock.
[...] is waistit and destroyit be divers personis that slais the dere and cunyngis thairof, and pasturis bestis thereintill masterfully beway of dede, [...]
[...] 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, [...]
It goes without saying that when Lahore and Delhi Darbars were losing their royal glamour of art and culture, Patiala showed the beway in the whole of cis-Sutlej region.
Word Forms
- beways
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paunsway, bangy, paunchway, bhangee, panshway, bhangy.
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