Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Above.
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- preposition Scot. & Prov. Eng. and
adv . Above.
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- preposition Scotland
Above . - adverb Scotland
Above . - adjective Scotland
Above . - noun Scotland
Above .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There never was a trade so unhealthy yet but men would fight to get wark at it for twa pennies a day aboon the common wage.
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Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,
03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 John 2003
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‘Could na say just preceesely; Sunday seldom cam aboon the pass of Bally – Brough.’
Waverley 2004
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T 'curates can hardly bide to speak a civil word to them they think beneath them; we can hardly bide to tak' an uncivil word fro 'them that thinks themsel'n aboon us.'
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I've lived aboon forty year in the world, and I believe that 'the people' will never have any true friends but theirsel'n, and them two or three good folk i 'different stations that is friends to all the world.
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I can tell cheese fro 'chalk, and I'm varry weel aware that I've improved sich opportunities as I have had, a deal better nor some' at reckons to be aboon me; but there's thousands i 'Yorkshire that's as good as me, and a two-three that's better.'
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‘Ye’ll no hae mickle better whisky than that aboon the
Waverley 2004
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'We're no war nor some' at is aboon us; are we? 'asked a man smiling.
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A few daisy lately the same voice comes hooting aboon the apples for sale with a rarther more firm aproach saying ‘These apples are definitely for sale.’
A Spaniard in the Works John Lennon 2000
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That clamp stood like a mast aboon the swan-necked valve.
Swan Necked Valve 1999
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