"by-turning" meaning in English

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          "ref": "c. 1667, James Howard, All Mistaken; or, The Mad Couple. A Comedy, Acted by His Majesty's Servants at the Theatre-Royal., London: printed by T. H. for R. Wellington […], published 1710, act I, scene i, page 7",
          "text": "Alias Children, Sir: they have rung me / Such a Ring this Morning through / Every By-turning that leads to a Baudy- / Houſe, […]",
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          "ref": "1850, Charles Rowcroft, chapter XXXV, in Fanny the Little Milliner; or, The Rich and the Poor, London: George Routledge and Co., page 155",
          "text": "But in endeavouring to pass down a by-turning which seemed more free from the obstruction of the crowd, there was a sudden rush of a mob of persons eager to catch a sight of some celebrated personage who was passing in the adjoining street in his carriage, […]",
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          "ref": "1895, Arthur W. Pinero, The Amazons: A Farcical Romance in Three Acts, London: William Heinemann, [Act III], page 159",
          "text": "Noeline. / No, mother, but I got mixed up in a street-fight, through protecting a girl from a brute who was going to hit her. I punched him, mother! […] Noeline. / After I’d done it I ran away, and fainted in a by-turning.",
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          "ref": "1917 September 13, Srgt. Dr. A. Pine, “Soldiers’ Letters”, in North Hastings Review, volume 40, number 37, Madoc, Ontario, page 8",
          "text": "Passing under Waterloo bridge on our left lay Summerset House where all records of births, marriages and deaths are kept. Took a byturning on our left and reached the Strand, down which we proceeded to Trafalgar Square, saw the monument erected in memory of Lord Nelson.",
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        "A way turning from the main road; a sideroad."
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        "(rare, archaic) A way turning from the main road; a sideroad."
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