forbye

forbye (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of forby

forbye

1. Alternative form of forby
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields.

• foreby

forbye

1. besides, in addition to
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:

     ‘they ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' sea-fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, grilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination [...].’

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forbye

1. as well, in addition
   • 1992, Iain Banks, The Crow Road:

     'And mind them there's plenty of bread, and some chicken in the fridge, and cheese, and plenty of soup forbye, if you get hungry again.'

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