byfall

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small

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

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

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.

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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, i