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Aboon

Aboon \A*boon"\, prep. and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough.
--Sir W. Scott.

The ceiling fair that rose aboon.
--J. R. Drake.

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aboon

a. (context Scotland British dialect English) above. adv. (context Scotland British dialect English) above. n. (context Scotland British dialect English) above. prep. (context Scotland British dialect English) above.

Usage examples of "aboon".

And the ceiling fair that rose aboon The white and feathery fleece of noon.

The Powers aboon can only ken To whom the heart is seen, That nane can be sae dear to me As my sweet lovely Jean!

I fear we will be as far aneath the right medium for a while, as ye are startit aboon it.

Far aboon, ommost lost to mi view, Aw lang for a pair ov his wings, To fly wi him, an sing like him, too.

Whear grass and daisies grew, An' trees wi spreeadin boughs aboon Ther solemn shadows threw.

My grand-daughter doesn't like to be kept waitin' when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees, for there be a many of `em, and miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock.

My grand-daughter doesn’t like to be kept waitin’ when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees, for there be a many of ’em, and miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock.