aboon

[ uh-boon ]

/ əˈbun /

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

1350–1400; Middle English abone, abowne;see above

Laith will the lassie be to weet her bonny shoon, but lang ere the play'll be ower she'll wat her hat aboon.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin
Aud Snow, a notified clock-makker 'at lived up aboon abit here, had the managing of her a lang time, at so much a year.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
Often she exclaimed with solemn fervency, "The gift I hae is fae aboon, an' what He gies daurna be hidit."
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
But, mind ye—no a word o' this to ony living human being, and aboon a' to Provost Binkie.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847|Various

Her seven sons in seven swans, Aboon their heads to flee; And he himsell a gay gos-hawk, A bird o high degree.
A Book of Ballads, Volume 3|Various