the river _of the_
Barrow."--DAVIES: in _Joh. Dict._ Here Johnson calls _by-west_ a noun
substantive, and Webster, as improperly, marks it for an adverb. No hyphen
is needed in _byword_ or _bywest_. The first syllable of the latter is
pronounced _be_, and ought to be written so, if "_besouth_" is right.

"From Cephalonia _cross_ the surgy main
Philaetius late arrived, a faithful swain."
--_Pope, Odys._, B. xx, l. 234.

"And _cross_ their limits cut a sloping way,
Which the twelve signs in beauteous order sway."
--_Dryden's Virgil_.

"A fox was taking a walk one night _cross_ a village."--_L'Estrange_. "The
enemy had cut down great trees _cross_ the ways."--_Knolles_. "DEHORS,
prep. [Fr.] Without: as, '_dehors_ the land.' Blackstone."--_Worcester's
Dict._, 8vo. "You have believed, _despite_ too our physical
conformation."--_Bulwer_.

"And Roderick shall his welcome make,
_Despite_ old spleen, for Douglas' sake."
--_Scott, L. L._, C. ii, st. 26.

OBS. 14.--The following quotations illustrate further the list of unusual
prepositions: "And she would be often weeping _inside_ the room while
George was amusing himself without."--_Anna Ross_, p. 81. "Several nuts
grow closely together, _inside_ this prickly covering."--_Jacob Abbot_. "An
other boy asked why the peachstone was not _outside_ the peach."--_Id._ "As
if listening to the sounds _withinside_ it."--_Gardiner's Music of Nature_,
p. 214. "Sir Knight, you well might mark the mound, _Left hand_ the
town."--_Scott's Marmion_. "Thus Butler, _maugre_ his wicked intention,
sent them home again."--_Sewel's Hist._, p. 256. "And, _maugre_ all that
can be said in its favour."--_Stone, on Freemasonry_, p. 121. "And,
_maugre_ the authority of Sterne, I even doubt its benevolence."--_West's
Letters_, p. 29.

"I through the ample air in triumph high
Shall lead Hell captive _maugre_ Hell."
--_Milton's P. L._, B. iii, l. 255.

"When Mr. Seaman arose in the morning, he found himself _minus_ his coat,
vest, pocket-handkerchief, and tobacco-box."--_Newspaper_. "Throw some
coals _onto_ the fire."--FORBY: _Worcester's Dict., w. Onto_. "Flour, at $4
_per_ barrel."--_Preston's Book-Keeping_. "Which amount, _per_ invoice, to
$4000."--_Ib._ "_To Smiths_ is the substantive _Smiths, plus_ the
preposition _to_."--_Fowler's E. Gram._, Sec.33. "The Mayor of Lynn _versus_
Turner."--_Cowper's Reports_, p. 86. "Slaves were imported