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(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

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Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
  • [Adverb]
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommonly; exceptionally.
  • [Preposition]
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) On one side; out of the way.
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
  • (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) With the exception of; not taking into account.
  • [Verb]
  • to ban
  • to forbid
  • to prohibit

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