Forbye

adv, prep

adv, prep ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of forby. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Preposition
  1. 1
    Alternative form of forby. alt-of, alternative

    "[T]hey ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, gilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination; […]"

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"[T]hey ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, gilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination; […]"

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