Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Forby

Forby , adverb and preposition

[See Foreby.]

Near; hard by; along; past. [Obsolete]
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)