outbye

adv — 3 senses

outbye

adv

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

1

Business, Mining 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

Obsolete A short distance away.

3

Obsolete Outside.

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inbye

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