arby

arby

Scots

Noun

arby (plural arbys)

  1. (Orkney) The sea-gilliflower
    • 1866, Thomas Edmondston, “Arby”, in An etymological glossary of the Shetland & Orkney dialect; with some derivations of names of places in Shetland, page 3:
      Arby, the sea-gilliflower, O. Arby-root, the root of the sea-gilliflower, O.