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outbye en · ADV

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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 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:
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete) A short distance away.
  3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Outside.

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