Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., he was in the house) or not (e.g., he was in).
Prepositions marked with an asterisk in this section can only take non-finite clauses as complements.
Some, such as bating and forby, are archaic and typically only used to convey the tone of a bygone era.
Others, such as ayond and side, are generally used only by speakers of a particular variety of English.
Yet others are generally only used in specialized contexts, such as abaft in nautical settings and dehors in law.