Also 6 bye-tearme. [f. BY- 4, 5 + TERM.]
† 1. A by-name, a nickname. Obs.
1579. Twyne, Phisicke agst. Fort., I. xlii. 60 b. Oftentymes great infamie groweth vppon small causes, and vile bye tearmes, vppon honourable names.
2. In University of Cambridge: A term which is not the main one for entering or for taking degrees.
(The degree of B.A. can be taken after residing for a certain number of terms; but to make this fit with the annual examination for honors, a student must enter at the beginning of the October term.)
1883. Athenæum, 15 Dec., 770. Bulwer took his degree at a by-term, and did not try for honours.
