inbye

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], equivalent to in + by.

Adverb

inbye (not comparable)

  1. (mining) pertaining to the direction towards the coal face.
    • 1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17:
      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.
  2. When above ground, pertaining to the direction towards the house.
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