Byfall

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A falling about; an incidental accessory or accretion; a happenstance; occurrence; instance.

    "The ceremonies are as it were an income or a byfall."

  2. 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."

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"The ceremonies are as it were an income or a byfall."

Etymology

From by- + fall. Compare befall.

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