Meanings
- not comparablebusinessIn the direction away from the coal face.
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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 - not comparableobsoleteOutside.
Origin
- Middle Englishoutby
- Englishoutbye
From Middle English outby, outbi, equivalent to out (adverb) + by (adverb).
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