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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

ABOVE, prep. In addition to, over and above; after, as in one after another; besides St.Eng. meanings.Mearns 1730 Baron Court Bk. of Urie (1892) 140:
It cannot be proven that ever there grew so much as twelve bolls of bear upon the said two tacks communibus annis above the seed.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) 18:
Couple above couple dating the day of their happiness from that famous forgathering.

[O.E. abŭfan, on + be + ŭfan (from above).]

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