outbye

adverb

1. In the direction away from the coal face.

   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. A short distance away.

   obsolete

3. Outside.

   obsolete

Where it comes from

From Middle English outby, outbi, equivalent to out (adverb) + by (adverb).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry outbye (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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