The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foreby
Foreby \Fore*by"\, prep. [Fore + by.]
Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby.
--Spenser.
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foreby
prep. (alternative form of forby English)
Usage examples of "foreby".
I hae mair ado than I can manage the day, foreby ganging to houk up hunder-year-auld-banes.
As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flightFlowne at a flush of Ducks, foreby the brooke,The trembling foule dismayd with dreadfull sightOf death, the which them almost ouertooke,Doe hide themselues from her astonying looke,Amongst the flags and couert round about.