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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forby \For*by"\, adverb & preposition [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).
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