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inbye en · ADJ
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From in + by; from 18th century.
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(Scotland, not-comparable) Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
(Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable, of farmland) Near or nearest the house.
(not-comparable, qualifier:Scottish land law) Belonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common.
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inbye en · ADV
Etymology
From in + by; from 18th century.
Meanings
(Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete) Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.
(not-comparable) 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 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: