ayont
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ayont
a, from Old English an on + yont yon
Example Sentences
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Nae need noo o' whisp'rin' ayont a wheat stack.
From A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect by James Wilson Hyde
Two bells had gone—“the wee short hoor ayont the twal”—when McBain rose from the table, this being a signal for general good-nights.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables
All that afternoon I persevered in fishing, brought 418 home my basket in triumph, and sometime that night, “in the wee sma’ hours ayont the twal,” I finally forswore the gentle craft of fishing.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
There ayont us are the Bennan and Cairn Edward, and the Muckle Craig o' Dee—look over at them—I take them to witness this day that I have preached to you the whole counsel of God.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
O a' ye mariners, far and near, That sail ayont the faem,80 O dinna let my father and mither ken, But what I am coming hame.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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