2. Preposition. (alternative form of forby) ¹
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Definition of Forbye
1. forby [prep] - See also: forby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbye
Literary usage of Forbye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oor Ain Folk: Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot by James Inglis (1894)
"An' forbye, no game '11 bide where they have been ; an' indeed they're jist ...
Aweel, aweel, there's the 'oo ; but forbye the 'oo an' forbye the mutton, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"forbye, besides, in addition to, over and above. forbye sax mae I sell't awa.
... forbye some new uncommon weapons. —BURNS : Death and Dr. Hornbook. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"Book-covers which would gladden - pertinent to boot; forbye many other confusions
and the heart of our well-known friend in ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"I ken't there was something gaun on forbye the common. Уе'ге a lucky man, ...
There's naebody else stannin' forbye that man ..."
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