Meanings
alternative inby
- Scotlandnot comparableInside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
- Northern EnglandScotlandnot comparableNear or nearest the house.
alternative inby
- Scotlandnot comparableobsoleteTowards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.
- 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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