inbye

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10
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11
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5

Definition of inbye

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (Scotland, not-comparable)Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
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adj

  1. (Scotland, not-comparable)Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable)Near or nearest the house.
  3. (not-comparable)Belonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common.

adv

  1. (Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete)Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.
  2. (not-comparable)Towards the coal face.
    “An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.”

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Etymology

From in + by; from 18th century.

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