Meaning of hard by | Babel Free

Definitions

nearby; in close proximity.

dated, not-comparable

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Examples

“He attendeth here hard by, To know⟳ your answer⟳, whether you'll admit⟳ him.”

“So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree⟳ upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make⟳ up their accounts.”

“After we had dispatched our compliments to each other, and I had awkwardly returned in country scrapes his a la mode bows and cringes, he needs must prevail with me to join⟳ him at a tavern hard by and dine with some gentlemen of his acquaintance.”

“So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open⟳ the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set⟳ in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink⟳ of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart.”

“The pond was another favourite place⟳ to visit⟳. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study⟳ in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy⟳ a refreshing splash.”

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