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outbye

outbye adverb: in the direction away from the coal face.

Adverb

outbye (not comparable)

  1. 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...1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17
  2. (obsolete) A short distance away.
  3. (obsolete) Outside.

Origin of outbye

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

Questions about outbye

What does outbye mean?
Outbye means in the direction away from the coal face.
What part of speech is outbye?
Outbye is an adverb.

Words near outbye in the dictionary

  1. outbuzz
  2. outbuzzed
  3. outbuzzes
  4. outbuzzing
  5. outby
  6. outbye
  7. outcackle
  8. outcackled
  9. outcackles
  10. outcackling
  11. outcalculate

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