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    forbye
    /fəˈbʌɪ/

    preposition

    • 1. in addition to; besides: "no doubt he had many a sin on his soul, forbye murder"

    adverb

    • 1. in addition; as well: "there's chicken, and plenty of soup forbye, if you get hungry again"

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  2. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › forbyeforbye - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Aug 23, 2024 · forbye. besides, in addition to. ‘they ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' sea-fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, trouts, grilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination [...].’.

  3. www.thefreedictionary.com › forbyeForbye - definition of forbye by The Free Dictionary

    Define forbye. forbye synonyms, forbye pronunciation, forbye translation, English dictionary definition of forbye. or prep , adv 1. besides; in addition 2. obsolete near; nearby Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins...

  4. www.oed.com › dictionary › forbye_prepforbye, prep. & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word forbye, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFORBY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: Scottish 1. besides; in addition (to) 2. obsolete near; nearby.... Click for more definitions.

  6. educalingo.com › en › dic-enMeaning of "forbye" in the English dictionary - educalingo

    forbye [fɔːˈbaɪ] GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORBYE. noun. adjective. verb. adverb. pronoun. preposition. conjunction. determiner. exclamation. Forbye can act as an adverb and a preposition. The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

  7. www.dsl.ac.uk › entry › sndDictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: forby

    FORBY, prep., adv., adj., n. Also for (e)bye, ferby, fer-bye, firby, furby (e); forbyes, -byse (ne.Sc.). [fɔr′bɑe, -′bai, fər-] I. prep. 1. Besides, in addition to, as well as. Gen.Sc. Also in Eng. dial. Hence in phr. forby that, elliptically for “besides the fact that” (Abd. 1930 N. Shepherd Weatherhouse 11; Abd. 27 1953).

  8. www.wordsense.eu › forbyeforbye: meaning - WordSense

    WordSense Dictionary: forbye - meaning, definition.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › forbyForby Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Forby Definition. Besides. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.

  10. glosbe.com › en › enforbye - English definition, grammar, pronunciation, synonyms and...

    Learn the definition of 'forbye'. Check out the pronunciation, synonyms and grammar. Browse the use examples 'forbye' in the great English corpus.

  11. www.wordhippo.com › what-is › sentences-with-the-wordHow to use forbye in a sentence - WordHippo

    Sentence Examples. I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs. Forbye the two queans there was the son, John Gordon, as coarse a devil as you'd meet, he'd already had two-three queans in trouble and him but barely eighteen years old.