Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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).