Obs. exc. north. dial. [f. lig, northern f. LIE v.1 + BY adv.] A bedfellow; a mistress, concubine; = LIE-BY 1.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit., I. 379. Edith his wife, who before time had beene one of King Henrie the First his sweet hearts and lig-bies.
1632. Brome, North. Lasse, V. i. Wks. 1873, III. 85. I’le be none of his Ligby for twice so mickle.
1698. Lacy, Sauny the Scot, II. i. 9. He means to make one of your Lasses his Wench—that is, his Love and his Ligby.
1876. Whitby Gloss., Lig-beside, or Lig-by, a concubine.
