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in-by(e, adv. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈɪnˈbaɪ|
[f. in adv. + by adv.]
a. In an inward direction; closer or further in towards the centre or interior of a house, farm, mine, etc.
1768Ross Helenore 66 (Jam.) That gate she halds, and as she weer [= wore] inby She does a lass among the trees espy. 1825–80Jamieson, To gae inby, is to go from the door towards the fire. 1851Greenwell Coal-trade Terms Northumb. & Durh. 31 Inbye, in the workings, or away from the shaft. 1899Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 6/3 The passage is rather low, and we had to ride ‘inby’ [in a coal-mine].
b. attrib. as inbye fields (on a farm), inbye servant, in-bye worker, etc. Also used absol. or as n.
1824J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 227 Gie up your crooning, or I'll pit you to an in-by place. 1894J. Cunningham Broomieburn vi. 88 The inbye hand, Jock, would emerge from his bed in the stable-loft. 1918Border Standard 18 May 2 Louping-ill or trembling is proving very destructive amongst in-by or park lambs. 1940Geogr. Jrnl. XCVI. 108 Parallel galleries also served as inbye and outbye roads. 1958Rep. R. Comm. Common Land 1955–58 (Cmnd. 462) 274 In-by land. The term is widely used in the North of England and derives from the Scandinavian word (by) for a farm. Hence it means the fenced-in land nearest the homestead. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 26 Jan. 56/1 Glanilyn Farm,..which has some 140 acres of in-bye... It was wasteful to use in-bye land. 1961Guardian 18 Dec. 6/4 A large part of the 84 acres will be able to support pasture and contribute to the in-bye in the valley. 1971Country Life 20 May 1259/1 Ewes and lambs on in-bye land at Lartington in Yorkshire. |