ˈover-by, adv. Sc. and north. dial.
Also ower-, owre-by.
[f. over adv. 7, 5 + by adv.]
Over or across the way; at or to a place at a short distance across; at or to the house or place opposite.
| 1768 Ross Helenore 76 (Jam.) Quo' she unto the sheal, step ye o'erby. 1816 Scott Bl. Dwarf vi, Some canny boys waiting for me down amang the shaws, owerby. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Ower-by, over the way. 1896 Munro Lost Pibroch 279 (E.D.D.) They told me at the ferry over⁓by. a 1904 Mod. Sc. Our neighbours ower-by have lent us a hand. |