ahind

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ hind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈhaɪnd/

Preposition

ahind

1. (dialect) behind
   • 1841, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 9, 1841‎^[1]:

     "You see, sir," said Mr. Smear, "that wherever that ere water has been it's left a dampness ahind it; the moistur' consekent upon such a dampness must be evaporated by ever-so-many applications of the warming-pan.

   • 1869, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Men, Women, and Ghosts‎^[2]:

     "Watch was drunk; I crawled down ahind the whiskey.

   • 1871, Edward Eggleston, The Hoosier Schoolmaster‎^[3]:

     "But, you see, he's been and gone and pulled back the board that you have to step on to git ahind your desk; he's been and gone and pulled back the board so as you can't help a-tippin' it up, and a-sowsin' right in ef you step there."

   • 1959 January 27, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 10:

     [Porky Pine:] I'll duck ahind the tree an' pop out [...]

Anagrams

• Dinah, handi

Scots

Adverb

ahind (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of ahint

Preposition

ahind

1. Alternative form of ahint

References

• “ahind, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.