inbye

I1N1B3Y4E1

adjective

Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveinbye (not comparable)

alternative inby

  1. Scotlandnot comparableInside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
  2. Northern EnglandScotlandnot comparableNear or nearest the house.
  3. not comparableScottish land lawlawBelonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common.
adverbinbye (not comparable)

alternative inby

  1. Scotlandnot comparableobsoleteTowards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.
  2. not comparablebusinessTowards the coal face.
    1 more example

    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.

    1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17

Origin

From in + by; from 18th century.

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