ayont
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ayont
a, from Old English an on + yont yon
Example Sentences
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She followed the steps of the night, on its pathway of stars, far into the "wee sma' hours ayont the twal'."
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
They knew scarcely anything of the district, which lay to them, as was said, "like some unkenned-of isle ayont New Holland."
From In the Border Country by W. S.
Mickle thocht we o' the gentles ayont the sea an' sair grat we for a' frien's we knew lang syne in oor ain countree.
From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
In front of a tavern, ayont yonder, a horse was whinneying as I came up.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
It was our evening sacrifice, and whilst the sun was sinking ayont the Pentlands.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
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