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Definition of Ayont
1. prep. & adv. Beyond.
Definition of Ayont
1. Adverb. (Northern England) beyond ¹
2. Preposition. (Northern England) beyond ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ayont
1. beyond [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ayont
| ayelp ayen ayenbite ayenbites ayenward ayes aygre ayield ayin ayins | ayle aymes ayo ayond ayont (current term) ayoo ayres ayrie ayries ayry | ays ayu ayuh ayuntamiento ayup ayurvedas ayurvedic ayurvedically ayurvedics |
Literary usage of Ayont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"O LASSIE ayont THE HILL IO LASSIE ayont the hill! Come ower the tap o' the hill,
Or roun' the neuk o' the hill, For 1 want ye sair the nicht, ..."
2. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"O LASSIE ayont THE HILL. O LASSIE ayont the hill! Come ower the tap o' the hill,
Or roun' the neuk o' the hill, For I want ye sair the nicht, I'm needin' ye ..."
3. The Disciple and Other Poems by George MacDonald (1868)
"LASSIE ayont the hill, Come ower the tap o' the hill, Or roun' the neuk o' the
hill, For I want ye sair the nicht. I 'm needin' ye sair the nicht, ..."
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