Inbye
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house. Scotland, not-comparable
- 2 Near or nearest the house. Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable
- 3 Belonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common. not-comparable
- 1 Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house. Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete
- 2 Towards the coal face. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From in + by; from 18th century.
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