Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inbye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-bye
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.

adj

Near or nearest the house.

adj

Belonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common.

adv

Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.

Obsolete

adv

Towards the coal face.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From in + by; from 18th century.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

inby (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

outbye outwith

Questions

What does inbye mean?: Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
Where does inbye come from?: From in + by; from 18th century.

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