outbye

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Definition of outbye

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adv

(not-comparable)In the direction away from 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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adv

(not-comparable)In the direction away from 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.”
(not-comparable, obsolete)A short distance away.
(not-comparable, obsolete)Outside.

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From Middle English outby, outbi, equivalent to out (adverb) + by (adverb).

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