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t. [ME. * forbyen, for big gen, forbug gen; But he, whiche hyndreth euery kinde, And for no golde mail be for bought . Gower, Conf. Amant., ii. forby, foreby (for-bi', för-bi'), adv. and prep. [The form foreby, which is le common, shows more clearly the origin of the first element; The child gan forby for to pace. Chaucer, Priore 's Tale, 1. 117. When he cam to his lady's bour door He stude a little forbye . Brown Adam (Child's Ballads, IV. 61). 2. Beyond; besides; over and above. [Scotch.] Lang mayst thou teach. What pleugh fits a wet soil, and whilk the dry; And mony a you sand useful things forby. Ramsay , Poems, II. 393. II. prep. 11. By; past; near; hard by. Alle that gane forb i the wai. Ps. lxxix. 30 (ME. version). A little beyond the river waxeth sweet, and runneth fore by the city fresh and pleasant. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 2. As when a Faulcon hath, with nimble flight, Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke. Spenser, F. Q., V. ii. 54. 2. Beyond; besides; over and above. only Scotch.] ne es. [Now I helded mi hert to do, forb i al thinge, thi rightwisePs. cxviii. 112 (ME. version). Forbye the ghaist, the Green Room disna vent weel in a high wind. Scott , Antiquary, xi. for car vet, v. t. [ME. fork erven (pret. forkarf, for carf, pp. forcorven ), Seven chains with his swerde Our king forcarf amidward. Richard Coer de Lion, L. 1825.