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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Forby \For*by"\, adv. & prep. [See Foreby.]
     Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To tell her if her child went ought forby. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the
           sides of the city without let.           --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Forby \For*by"\, adv. & prep. [See Foreby.]
     Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]
  
           To tell her if her child went ought forby. --Chaucer.
  
           To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the
           sides of the city without let.           --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forby
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 to (l en ban)
     2 to (l en forbid)
     3 to (l en prohibit)
     Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
     to (l en ban), (l en forbid), (l en prohibit)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Forby
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  forby
     a.
     (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) uncommon; out
  of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
     adv.
     (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) past; by;
  beyond.
     prep.
     1 (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) beyond;
  past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
     2 (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic of time)
  past; gone by; over.
     3 (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) near;
  beside; by, close to.
     4 (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) On one side;
  out of the way.
     5 (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) besides; in
  addition to; as well as; not to mention.
     6 (lb en UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic) with the
  exception of; not taking into account.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Forby
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  forby
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 to (l en ban)
     2 to (l en forbid)
     3 to (l en prohibit)
     Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
     to (l en ban), (l en forbid), (l en prohibit)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Forby
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  forby
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 to (l en ban)
     2 to (l en forbid)
     3 to (l en prohibit)
     Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
     to (l en ban), (l en forbid), (l en prohibit)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Forby
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forby
     Norja vb.
     kieltää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forby
     Bokmål vb.
     förbjuda

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  forby
  forby

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/fɔɾˈbyː/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     prep.
     ad. 此外
     a. 极好的

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