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inby

inby is the alternative form of inbye.

Meaning of inbye

Adverb

inbye (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.
  2. 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...1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17

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What is inby the alternative form of?
Inby is the alternative form of inbye.

Words near inby in the dictionary

  1. inburnt
  2. inburst
  3. inbursting
  4. inburstings
  5. inbursts
  6. inby
  7. inbye
  8. inc
  9. inc.
  10. inca
  11. Inca berries

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