inbye

adj, adv — 5 senses

inbye

adj

Etymology From in + by; from 18th century.

1

Scotland Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.

2

Northern England, Scotland, Of farmland Near or nearest the house.

3

Law Belonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common.

Scottish land law

inbye

adv

Etymology From in + by; from 18th century.

1

Scotland, Obsolete Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.

2

Business, Mining 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:

Related terms: outbye, outwith

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